Relationships
The Bachelor's Song: The Second Part
From Poems and Songs (1686)
Relationships
How happy a thing were a wedding
And a bedding,
If a man might purchase a wife
For a twelvemonth and a day;
But to live with her all a man's life,
For ever and for ay,
Till she grow as grey as a cat,
Good faith, Mr. Parson, I thank you for that.
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MLA
Flatman, Thomas. “The Bachelor's Song: The Second Part.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/flatman/38/.
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Flatman, Thomas. “The Bachelor's Song: The Second Part.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/flatman/38/.
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