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 Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life,
 The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife,
  Who read more 
 Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life,
 The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife,
  Who has no will but by her high permission;
   Who has not sixpence but in her possession;
    Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell;
     Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell.
      Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
       I'd break her spirit or I'd break her heart. 
 I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell
 Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell.  
 I'd rather die Maid, and lead apes in Hell
 Than wed an inmate of Silenus' Cell. 
 To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, 
for richer, for poorer, in sickness, read more 
 To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, 
for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health, to love and 
to cherish, till death us do part. 
 'Cause grace and virtue are within
 Prohibited degrees of kin;
  And therefore no true saint allows,
 read more 
 'Cause grace and virtue are within
 Prohibited degrees of kin;
  And therefore no true saint allows,
   They shall be suffer'd to espouse. 
 He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the 
celibate amongst the inferior states read more 
 He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the 
celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection. 
 For talk six times with the same single lady,
 And you may get the wedding dress ready.  
 For talk six times with the same single lady,
 And you may get the wedding dress ready. 
 I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That 
is marvelous. It must be very read more 
 I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That 
is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive. 
 And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I 
will make him an read more 
 And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I 
will make him an help meet for him. 
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.