Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POLLY: DUCAT'S SONG, by JOHN GAY


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First Line: He that weds a beauty / soon will find her cloy
Last Line: In a married life.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


He that weds a beauty
Soon will find her cloy;
When pleasure grows a duty,
Farewell love and joy:
He that weds for treasure
(Though he hath a wife)
Hath chose one lasting pleasure
In a married life.





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