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Page 55 - Sour-eyed disdain, and discord, shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loathly That you shall hate it both : therefore, take heed, As Hymen's lamps shall light you.
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| Title | The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 4 The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey |
| Author | Thomas De Quincey |
| Editor | David Masson |
| Publisher | A. and C. Black, 1890 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 6, 2008 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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