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 Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart.  
 Were such the wife had fallen to my part,
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart. 
 Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
 The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
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 Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life!
 The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,
  And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray! 
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young read more
When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.
 Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and 
old men's nurses.  
 Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and 
old men's nurses. 
 You know I met you,
 Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
  With all the read more 
 You know I met you,
 Kist you, and prest you close within my arms,
  With all the tenderness of wifely love. 
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
Flesh of thy flesh, nor yet bone of thy bone.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
In thy face have I seen the eternal.
 Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
 To find such numbers who will serve instead:
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 Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead,
 To find such numbers who will serve instead:
  And in whatever state a man be thrown,
   'Tis that precisely they would wish their own. 
 It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to 
it before her. Discipline must read more 
 It's my girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to 
it before her. Discipline must be maintained.