Oh! in what godlike state her house is held!’

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‘Ay,’ said the other, ‘to a gouty loon

Am I not wedded? Lo! thy hurt is mine:

But never call me woman more, if soon

I cannot lure her from her height divine.

Nay, she shall need her cunning wit to save

The wealth of which so grudgingly she gave;

Wherefore thy hand and heart with me combine.

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