"Give me a Girl, if one I needs must meet, Or in her nuptial, or her Winding-sheet; I know but two good Hours that Women have, One in the Bed, another in the Grave, Thus of the whole Sex all I would desire, Is to enjoy their Ashes or their Fire."
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Cp. Pseudo-Hipponax, fragment quoted by Stobaeus, 4, 22, 35:ĪĻ᾿ ἔμĪĻαι γĻ
ναικĻĻ Īµį¼°Ļιν ἄΓιĻĻαι, į½
Ļαν γαμῠĻĪ¹Ļ Īŗį¼ĪŗĻĪĻįæ ĻεθνηκĻ
įæĪ±Ī½.Two days are best of a manās wedded life, The days when he marries and buries his wife. āThe Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938), no. 182
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William Cartwright (dramatist)
William Cartwright (1 September 1611 ā 29 November 1643) was an English poet, dramatist and churchman.
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