The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean

DMI number:

22531

First Line:

The husband is the pilot the wife is the ocean

Last Line:

But may piss out as well the last conflagration

Poem Genre / Form:

Comic verse, Satire, and Couplet

Themes:

Marriage and Sex / relations between the sexes

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Author:

John Wilmot

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

Vieth (1968): 233: Noted but omitted.

Author:

Thomas Brown

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from 'A Satire on Marriage'. Brown (1715) I: 64-65. Vieth (1968): 233: 'By Tom Brown'.

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Content/Publication

Title:

The Theatre of Wit [ESTC T116740] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

p.36

Poem Title:

A Satire on Marriage.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Brown.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown