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A REASONABLE AFFLICTION (3) by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: HER EYE-BROW BOX ONE MORNING LOST
Last Line: FOR WHAT'S AN EYE WITHOUT A BROW.
Subject(s): EYES;

HER eye-brow box one morning lost,
(The best of folks are oftenest crossed)
Sad Helen thus to Jenny said,
Her careless but afflicted maid,
Put me to bed then, wretched Jane;
Alas! when shall I rise again!
I can behold no mortal now;
For what's an eye without a brow.



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