The Only Satis’faction Left

When lovely woman stoops to marry,

     And finds too late she’s made a bull;

Then someone catches the old Harry,

     And hath his cup of sorrow full.

The only act her grief to soften,

     To hide her shame, and fully give

Her better half a roast quite often,

     And wring his bosom, is to live!

April 15, ‘95

B. Courier,

Sept. 1, ‘95 

“Old Harry” - devil