Page:Folly of witless women displayed, or, A comical dialogue between Maggy and Janet.pdf/8

(8) The GOOD WIFE THAT man who for life, is bless-d with a wife This sure in a happy condition: Go things as they will, she sticks by him still, She's comforter, friend, and physician. Pray where is the joy, to trifle and toy, Yet dread some disaster from beauty? But sweet is the bliss of a conjugal kiss, Where love mingles pleasure with duty. One extravagant whore will cost a man more Than twenty good wives that are saving: For-wives they will spare, that their children may share, But whores are eternally craving.

The BAD WIFE. THE man who for life, is plagu'd with a wife Is sure in a wretched condition; Go things how they will, the sticks by him still, And death is his only physician. To trifle and toy, may give a man joy, Incited by love or by beauty: But where is the bliss of a conjugal kiss, When passion is prompted by duty? So the dog, if poffes'd, of a bone of the best, May pick it, or leave it, at pleasure; But if to his tail 'tis ty'd, without fail, He's harassed, and plagu'd beyond measure.

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