Social Commentaries
Woman's Will
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Men dying make their wills--but wives
Escape a work so sad;
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle dames have had?
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MLA
Saxe, John G. “Woman's Will.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/saxe/12/.
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Saxe, John G. “Woman's Will.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/saxe/12/.
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