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IMPROMPTU ON READING THE CHAPTER ON POLYGAMY by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF JOHN MARRIES MARY, AND MARY ALONE
Last Line: IT CAN'T BE A MATCH--'TIS A BUNDLE OF MATCHES.
Subject(s): POLYGAMY;
( IN MR. MADAN'S THELYPHTHORA)

IF John marries Mary, and Mary alone,
'Tis a very good match between Mary and John.
Should John wed a score, oh, the claws and the scratches!
It can't be a match--'tis a bundle of matches.



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