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WHEN COMPLIMENTS PAY BEST by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: YOUR WIFE IS GROWING OLD, MAN
Last Line: THAT YOU ARE LOOKING YOUNG!
Subject(s): FLATTERY;
Your wife is growing old, man,
The white is in her hair,
But winsome to behold, man,
As when a maiden fair.

For there's an autumn beauty
More charming than the spring;
The grace of love and duty,
It is a wondrous thing!

Then tell your wife 'tis so, man, --
It's better lore than books, --
For women like to know, man,
That men still like their looks.

And maybe she will tell you,
For she's a guileful tongue,
The years so kindly spell you
That you are looking young!



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