Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.

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• As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.

  

  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Nature
  • Weight
  • Grossness