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Poem by Robert Burns


Epitaph on a Henpecked Country Squire


As father Adam first was fooled
	(A case that’s still too common),
Here lies a man a woman ruled,
	- The Devil ruled the woman.

1784

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Sleep’st Thou, or Wak’st Thou
  2. It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face
  3. Simmer’s a Pleasant Time
  4. Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
  5. The Bonnie Wee Thing


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