A Reasonable Affliction

Matthew Prior

On his death-bed poor Lubin lies:
  His spouse is in despair:
With frequent sobs, and mutual cries,
  They both express their care.

A different cause, says Parson Sly,
  The same effect may give:
Poor Lubin fears that he may die;
  His wife, that he may live.

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