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It is well within the order of things That man should listen when his mate sings But the true male never yet walked Who liked to listen when his mate talked.

Anna Wickham

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Anna Wickham
Age: 63 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 1
Died: 1947
Died: January 1
Poet
Writer
Edith Alice Mary Harper
Men
Within
Mates
True
Talked
Order
Walked
Women
Male
Wells
Males
Well
Liked
Things
Marriage
Sings
Never
Listen
Mate

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