Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A. R. UPON OVERBURY'S WIFE GIVEN TO HER, by HENRY KING (1592-1669)



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TO A. R. UPON OVERBURY'S WIFE GIVEN TO HER, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not that I would instruct or tutor you
Last Line: What yourself are, what other wives should be.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


NOT that I would instruct or tutor you
What is a wife's behest, or husband's due,
Give I this Widow-Wife. Your early date
Of knowledge makes such precepts slow and late.
This book is but your glass, where you shall see
What yourself are, what other wives should be.





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