The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean

DMI number:

21732

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The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean

Last Line:

Judge you as you please but I scorn for to flatter

Poem Genre / Form:

Satire and Couplet

Themes:

Marriage

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Author:

John Wilmot

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

Vieth (1968): 233: Noted but omitted.

Author:

Thomas Brown

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Brown (1715) I: 64-65. Vieth (1968): 233: 'By Tom Brown'.

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Judge you as you please but I scorn to flatter

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The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean

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But may piss out as well the last conflagration

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The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean

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I could say much more but here ends the chapter

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The husband's the pilot the wife is the ocean

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I could say much more but here ends this chapter

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Content/Publication

Title:

The Agreeable Medley or, Universal Entertainer [T98503]

Page No(s):

pp.279-280

Poem Title:

A Satire on Marriage

Attribution:

Tom Brown

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown