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 And, as I just drove by, occurr'd The thought that, after all, "to leap Is just as easy as to creep": Moreover, many have averr'd, That she and you have been imbrued For years in a domestic feud

Domestic feud?

She's out and out Close-fisted, so they say, you know. You think it goes too far, no doubt. A man's own claims he can't forego. She keeps exclusive occupation Of all that was bequeath'd to you.

Exclusive occupation, true.

A ready cause of irritation In families. Surmising thence That you await with resignation The moment of her going hence, I hope I may without offence Speak out, although I quite admit The time I've chosen is unfit.

Or now or later, nought I care.

Well, to the point then, fair and square. When once your mother's dead and blest, In the earth's bosom laid to rest, You're rich!