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.

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

In thy face have I seen the eternal.

She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.

She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's
warling.

And while the wicket falls behind
Her steps, I thought if I could find
A wife I read more

And while the wicket falls behind
Her steps, I thought if I could find
A wife I need not blush to show
I've little further now to go.

A good wife makes a good husband

A good wife makes a good husband

The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak;
She could not think, but would not cease to speak.

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.

All married women are not wives

All married women are not wives