George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3)

by George Crabbe

Then wilt thou bluster—"No! I will not rest,

And see consumed each shilling of my chest":

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Thou wilt be valiant—"When thy cousins call,

I will abuse and shut my door on all";

Thou wilt be cruel—"What the law allows,

That be thy portion, my ungrateful spouse!

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Nor other shillings shalt thou then receive,

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