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EPIGRAM by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "I HAVE LOST MY MISTRESS, HORSE AND WIFE"
Last Line: "MY WIFE DAMN'D UGLY, AND A SCOLD, - / I AM SORRY FOR MY HORSE"
Subject(s): LOSS;
I have lost my mistress, horse and wife,
And when I think of human life,
Cry mercy 'twas no worse.
My mistress sickly, poor and old,
My wife damn'd ugly, and a scold,—
I am sorry for my horse.



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