On his death-bed poor Lubin lies: <br />His spouse is in despair: <br />With frequent sobs, and mutual cries, <br />They both express their care. <br /> <br />A different cause, says Parson Sly, <br />The same effect may give: <br />Poor Lubin fears that he may die; <br />His wife, that he may live.<br /><br />Matthew Prior<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-reasonable-affliction/
