William Congreve Thought Poems

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    A soldier and a sailor,
    A tinker and a tailor,
    Had once a doubtful strife, sir,
    To make a maid a wife, sir,
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Robin Feiner: I suddenly recalled that I was dumped, delicately, 5 decades ago with a few lines from William Congreve, so googled to try to recall them. Wouldn't you know, they came right back! Second stanza of False Though She Be (I was not, he was).

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