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THE husband's dire mishap and silly maid	A
In ev'ry age have proved the fable's aid	A
The fertile subject never will be dry	B
'Tis inexhaustible you may rely	B
No man's exempt from evils such as these	C
Who thinks himself secure but little sees	C
One laughs at sly intrigues who ere 'tis long	D
May in his turn be sneered at by the throng	D
With such vicissitudes to be cast down	E
Appears rank nonsense worthy Folly's crown	E
He whose adventures I'm about to write	F
In his mischances found what gave delight	F
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A CERTAIN Citizen with fortune large	G
When settled with a handsome wife in charge	G
Not long attended for the marriage fruit	H
The lady soon put matters 'yond dispute	H
Produced a girl at first and then a boy	I
To fill th' expecting parent's breast with joy	I
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THE son when grown of size a tutor had	J
No pedant rude with Greek and Latin mad	J
But young and smart a master too of arts	K
Particularly learned in what imparts	K
The gentle flame the pleasing poignant pang	L
That Ovid formerly so sweetly sang	L
Some knowledge of good company he'd got	M
A charming voice and manner were his lot	M
And if we may disclose the mystick truth	N
'Twas Cupid who preceptor made the youth	N
He with the brother solely took a place	O
That better he the sister's charms might trace	O
And under this disguise he fully gained	P
What he desired so well his part he feigned	P
An able master or a lover true	Q
To teach or sigh whichever was in view	Q
So thoroughly he could attention get	R
Success alike in ev'ry thing he met	R
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IN little time the boy could construe well	S
The odes of Horace Virgil's fable tell	S
And she whose beauty caught the tutor's eyes	T
A perfect mistress got of heaving sighs	T
So oft she practised what the master taught	U
Her stomach feeble grew whate'er was sought	U
And strange suspicions of the cause arose	V
Which Time at length was driven to disclose	V
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MOST terribly the father raged and swore	W
Our learned master frightened left the door	W
The lady wished to take the youth for life	X
The spark desired to make the girl his wife	X
Both had the Hymeneal knot in view	Q
And mutual soft affection fondly knew	Q
At present love is little more than name	Y
In matrimony gold's the only aim	Y
The belle was rich while he had nothing got	M
For him 'twas great for her a narrow lot	M
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O DIRE corruption age of wretched ways	Z
What strange caprice such management displays	Z
Shall we permit this fatal pow'r to reign	A2
Base int'rest's impulse hideous modern stain	A2
The curse of ev'ry tender soft delight	F
That charms the soul and fascinates the sight	F
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BUT truce to moral let's our tale resume	B2
The daughter scared the father in a fume	B2
What could be done the evil to repair	C2
And hide the sad misfortune of the fair	C2
What method seek They married her in haste	D2
But not to him who had the belle debased	D2
For reasons I've sufficiently detailed	E2
To gain her hand a certain wight prevailed	E2
Who store of riches relished far above	F2
The charms of beauty warmed with fondest love	F2
Save this the man might well enough be thought	U
In family and wealth just what was sought	U
But whether fool or not I cannot trace	O
Since he was unacquainted with the case	O
And if he'd known it was the bargain bad	J
Full twenty thousand pounds he with her had	J
A sprightly youthful wife to ease his care	C2
And with him ev'ry luxury to share	C2
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HOW many tempted by the golden ore	W
Have taken wives whose slips they know before	W
And this good man the lady chaste believed	G2
So truly well she managed and deceived	G2
But when four months had passed the fair one showed	H2
How very much she to her lessons owed	H2
A little girl arrived the husband stared	I2
Cried he what father of a child declared	I2
The time's too short four months I'm taken in	J2
A family should not so soon begin	J2
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AWAY he to the lady's father flew	Q
And of his shame a horrid picture drew	Q
Proposed to be divorced much rage disclosed	K2
The parent smiled and said pray be composed	K2
Speak not so loud we may be overheard	L2
And privacy is much to be preferred	L2
A son in law like you I once appeared	M2
And similar misfortune justly feared	M2
Complaint I made and mentioned a divorce	N2
Of heat and rage the ordinary course	N2
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THE father of my wife who's now no more	W
Heav'n guard his soul the loss I oft deplore	W
A prudent honest man as any round	O2
To calm my mind a nice specifick found	O2
The pill was rather bitter I admit	P2
But gilding made it for the stomach fit	P2
Which he knew how to manage very well	S
No doctor in it him could e'er excel	S
To satisfy my scruples he displayed	A
A CONTRACT duly stamped and ably made	A
Four thousand to secure which he had got	M
On similar occasion for a blot	M
His lady's father gave it to efface	O
Domestick diff'rences and like disgrace	O
With this my spouse's fortune he increased	Q2
And instantly my dire complaining ceased	Q2
From family to family the deed	R2
Should pass 'twill often prove a useful meed	R2
I kept it for the purpose do the same	Y
Your daughter married may have equal blame	Y
On this the son in law the bond received	R2
And with a bow departed much relieved	R2
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MAY Heav'n preserve from trouble those who find	R2
At cheaper rate to be consoled inclined	R2

Jean De La Fontaine

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