Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WOMAN'S WILL, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE


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WOMAN'S WILL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Men dying make their wills - but wives
Last Line: The gentle dames have had?
Subject(s): Marriage; Women; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


MEN, dying, make their wills, but wives
Escape a work so sad;
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle dames have had?




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