Selected Poetry.
THE PLEASURES OF MATRIMONY, Happy that man must pass his life Who's free from matrimonial uluin*— Who is directed by a wife la aura to so {for for hia pains. What tongue is able to unfold The falsehoods that in women dwell; The worth in women we behold Is almost imperceptible. Adam could find no solil peace When Eve was given for a mat* ! Until he saw a ■woman’s face Adsnii was in a happy state. They’re always studying to employ Their time in malice, hate, and lie* j Their leisure hours in virtuous joy To spend ne’er in their thoughts aris*. Destruction seize the men, I say, Who in women place their delight— Who no regard to women pay. Keep reason always in their sight. Note.— By reading each verse of the above in the following order, viz.—First line, third line, second line, fourth line—it will b; seen that the sense (or nonsense) is entirely changed. Tho reader will of course perceive the impossibility of punctuating the piece for both ways of road* ing, and for this allowance must ba mad*.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 6, 15 December 1869, Page 7
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184Selected Poetry. Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 6, 15 December 1869, Page 7
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