Living
A Joke Versified
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Living
"Come, come," said Tom's father, "at your time of life,
"There's no longer excuse for thus playing the rake--
"It is time you should think, boy, of taking a wife"--
"Why, so it is, father--whose wife shall I take?"
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MLA
Moore, Thomas. “A Joke Versified.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/503/.
Chicago
Moore, Thomas. “A Joke Versified.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/503/.
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