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Enough of girls! I’d rather live alone
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Enough of girls! I’d rather live alone Than touch those reptiles, though they may be fair. I’m sick and tired of wasting on the air My strength and every penny that I own. For once they’re mine…

Contributor:

Moses Rieti

Places:

Florence, Republic of Florence (Florence, Italy)

Date:

Early 16th Century

Subjects:

Women, Sexism, Body image, Aging, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
Why, death, do you tarry so?
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Why, death, do you tarry so? Why does your chariot come so slow? Old age has prepared for me Every illness and complaint. What good are my hundred years?    If such pain I undergo—    Why, death…

Contributor:

Jacob Frances

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Aging, Death, Body image, Health, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
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I have set this stone as a weight, not as a memorial, over my wife’s grave, lest (God forbid!) she rise from the dead and come back home.

Contributor:

Immanuel Frances

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Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Gravestones, Death, Humor, Women, Body image

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry