Social Commentaries
Of a faire Shrew
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4
Social Commentaries
FAire, rich, and yong? how rare is her perfection,
Were it not mingled with one foule infection?
I meane, so proud a heart, so curst a tongue,
As makes her seeme, nor faire, nor rich, nor yong.
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Codex Note
Book 4, Epigram 37
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