Woo the widow while she is in weeds.
—Proverb.
March Second
Indeed, we were once in great hopes of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love to the last forty years of his life: but this only proved a lightning before death.
—Addison.
March Third
One widow at a grave will sob
A little while and weep and sigh!
If two should meet on such a job,
They’ll have a gossip bye and bye.