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BETHROTHAL AND WEDLOCK; EPIGRAM by WILLIAM WATSON

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First Line: IN YOUTH THE ARTIST VOWETH LOVER'S VOWS
Last Line: AS WHEN HE CRAVED SOME BOON AND SHE WAS COY!
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
IN youth the artist voweth lover's vows
To Art, in manhood maketh her his spouse.
Well if her charms yet hold for him such joy
As when he craved some boon and she was coy!



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