Poem by Matthew Prior

A Reasonable Affliction

On his death-bed poor Lubin lies:
His spouse is in despair;
With frequent cries, and mutual sighs,
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."

1. A Sailor's Wife
2. Written in an Ovid
3. Love Disarmed
4. An Ode to Mr. Howard
5. Songs Set to Music: 1. Set by Mr. Abel

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