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She— ' Unfeeling mo ^ te&tWt ake less food ! I ' m sure I don ' t eat bmifli should ^ WHe— < Oh ! my paor wife-u-ifcty yoor dear wife I They ' ve some designs against her life •!•' - — And ending i in la ^ soft embrace He'd wipe * the tears from her big face .
But Time runs on while mortals stand . — And Time ran on , and the foul hand Of Death was busy—by degrees Her strength declined—inbred Disease Low rooting gnawed its silent way , And the grave clamoured for its prey .
At length , the last sad scene drew near ;—Oh ! reader if you have a tear Prepare to shed it now . —One day , Lapped in luxurious ease she lay , With all her beauties of a heap , And rather more than half asleep ; No thought of harm disturbed her mind , But all unconscious she reclined ,
Like some fat turtle on the sea That ' s napping found—or it may be Like an old sow , that after swallowing Its belly full of wash lies wallowing- — Or * very like a whale , ' or like That most extraordinary pike , That having eat up all the pond Was at the bottom solus found .
One arm was thrown around her head , The other rested on the bed ; Her great fat legs together laid Two bales of cotton being weighed Might seem ; her small eyes were to seek Amid a feather bed of cheek ;
Her parted lips , through which you saw That hungry devil of a maw , Gaped like the folding doors ajar Of some rare eating-house , not far From 'Change , whence ever as you go Hot steams do issue from below :
Her fiery nose projecting o ' er , Was like the sign above the * door . And , last , those cbe&ksy so reel , yet gteasy , Let ' s see , a stmiWs npt easy , ^ - Were like , if aught beneath tfc # autt , Boiled round of beef that ' s underdone .
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