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HUSBAND AND WIFE by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: H. OH! WITH WHAT WOES AM I OPPRESSED!
Last Line: W. YOU'LL HARDLY LAUGH BEFORE YOU DIE.
Subject(s): LOVE - COMPLAINTS; MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
@3H.@1 OH! with what woes am I oppressed!
@3W.@1 Be still, you senseless calf!
What if the gods should make you blessed?
@3H.@1 Why then I'd sing and laugh:
But if they wont, I'll wail and cry.
@3W.@1 You'll hardly laugh before you die.



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