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ON A SCOLD; EPIGRAM by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "HERE LIES A WOMAN, NO MAN CAN DENY IT"
Last Line: "YOU GENTLY TREAD, FOR IF SHE WAKE, SHE'LL TALK"
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS;HUSBANDS;WIVES;
Here lies a woman, no man can deny it,
Who rests in peace, although she lived unquiet,
Her husband prays you, if by her grave you walk
You gently tread, for if she wake, she'll talk.



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