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Matthew Prior - A Dutch Proverb
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Fire, Water, Woman, are Man`s Ruin;
Says wise Professor Vander Bruin.
By Flames a House I hir`d was lost
Last Year: and I must pay the Cost.
This Spring the Rains o`erflow`d my Ground:
And my best Flanders Mare was drown`d.
A Slave I am to Clara`s Eyes:
The Gipsey knows her Pow`r, and flies.
Fire, Water, Woman, are My Ruin:
And great Thy Wisdom, Vander Bruin.
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