MATRIMONIAL.
irlied people will please read as written ; single ones can read the first line, Jhen the third, and then the second, and finally the fourth, in each verse.] That man must lead a happy life, # Who’s freed from matrimonial c.iains; Who is directed by his.wil'e, Is sure to suffer for his pains, ■ : r"': • I ■ Adflih could find no solid peace, When E\e*-was given for a mate^ Uitdl lib saw a woman’s face, A'ddin was in a happy state, In all the female face appear Hypocrisy, deceit, and pride ; Truth, darling of a heart ii icere. Never known in woman to reside. What tongue is able to unfold The falsehood that in woman dwells j The wort!) in woman we behold Is almost imperceptible, He is a foolish man, I say, Who changes from his singleness ; Who will not yield to woman’s sway, Is sure of perfect blessedness.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 447, 19 February 1890, Page 8
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148MATRIMONIAL. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 447, 19 February 1890, Page 8
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