Philip Morin Freneau «The Neglected Husband»
The Neglected Husband A man’s best fortune or his worst’s a wife, A steady friendship, or continual strife. Poor Richard, once married a Belle, The pride, and the toast of the town, He could love her, he thought, very well, Let her smile, let her scold, let her frown. She danced—and she cared not a straw, Not a fig, if he lived or he died; If a fop with a feather she saw His attentions were rarely denied. Poor Richard was pitied by all, Thus slighted, neglected, distress’d, Yet, rather than wrangle and brawl He made of his bargain the … Читать далее →