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A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
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However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
And this they knew and felt, at least the one,
The leader of the hand he had undone,--
Who, born for better things, had madly set
His life upon a cast, which linger'd yet.