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THE THREE WIVES; A JUBILIATION by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: MY FIRST WAS A LADY WHOSE DOMINANT PASSION
Last Line: FOR I'M CLEAR OF THE WORLD AND THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL!
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
MY First was a lady whose dominant passion
Was thorough devotion to parties and fashion;
My Second, regardless of conjugal duty,
Was only the worse for her wonderful beauty;
My Third was a vixen in temper and life,
Without one essential to make a good wife.
Jubilate! at last in my freedom I revel,
For I'm clear of the World and the Flesh and the Devil!



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