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FATAL LOVE by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: POOR HAL CAUGHT HIS DEATH STANDING UNDER A SPOUT
Last Line: MAKE LOVE AT HOME, AND GO TO BED BETIMES.
Subject(s): LOVE;
Poor Hal caught his death standing under a spout,
Expecting till midnight when Nan would come out,
But fatal his patience, as cruel the dame,
And crus'd was the weather that quench'd the man's flame.
Whoe'er thou art, that read'st these moral lines,
Make love at home, and go to bed betimes.






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