Nature
On a Wife
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Nature
Once I learnt in wilful hour
How to vex him; still I keep,
Now unwilfully, my power:
Every day he comes to weep.
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MLA
Money-Coutts, Francis Burdett. “On a Wife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coutts_fbm/6/.
Chicago
Money-Coutts, Francis Burdett. “On a Wife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coutts_fbm/6/.
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