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CELIBACY. 23 
BACHELOR'S BUTTON. 
Lychnis Dwecia. 
Language CELIBACY. 
Alone, alone, all, all alone ! 
Alone on a wide, wide sea ! 
A bachelor 
May thrive by observation on a little ; 
A single life's no burden ; but to draw 
In yokes is chargeable, and will require 
A double maintenance. 
JOHK FOKD. 
What ! I love ! I sue ! I seek a wife ! 
A woman that is like a German clock, 
Still a-repairing ; ever out of frame, 
And never going aright, being a watch. 
But being watched that it may still go right. 
Shasspbabs. 
How uneasy is his life 
Who is troubled with a wife ! 
Be she ne'er so fair or comely, 
Be she foul or be she homely, 
Be she blithe or melancholy, 
Have she wit or have she folly, 
Be she prudent, be she squandering. 
Be she staid or be she wandering. 
Yet uneasy is his life 
Who is married to a wife. "* 
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