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REVERSING THE FIGURES by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: MARIA, JUST AT TWENTY, SWORE
Last Line: AS BETTER FAR THAN NONE!
Subject(s): AGING; LIKES AND DISLIKES; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;

MARIA, just at twenty, swore
That no man less than six feet four
Should be her chosen one.
At thirty she is glad to fix
A spouse exactly four feet six,
As better far than none!



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