Living
On a Splendud Match
From Neghborly Poems (1891)
Living
He was warned against the womern--
She was warned aginst the man.--
And ef that won't make a weddin',
W'y, they's nothin' else that can!
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Codex Note
On the night of the marraige of the foregoin' couple, which shall be nameless here, these lines was ca'mly dashed off in the albun of the happy bride whilse the shivver-ree was goin' on outside the residence.
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “On a Splendud Match.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/380/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “On a Splendud Match.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/380/.
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