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AN EXPOSTULATION by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE

First Line: WHEN LATE I ATTEMPTED YOUR PITY TO MOVE
Last Line: BUT--WHY DID YOU KICK ME DOWNSTAIRS?
Subject(s): PITY; WOMEN;
WHEN late I attempted your pity to move,
What made you so deaf to my prayers?
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But--why did you kick me downstairs?



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