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Could Kate for Dick compose the gordian string

by John Cunningham

John Cunningham

Could Kate for Dick compose the gordian string,
The Tyburn knot how near the nuptial ring!
A loving wife, obedient to her vows,
I bound in duty to exalt her spouse.




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