Quote#Wisdom
I would be your wife most gladly!
Quote byEdward Lear · 1812–1888
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bongy-Bò (1877), St. 5..
English (original)
I would be your wife most gladly! (Here she twirled her fingers madly,) But in England I've a mate! Yes! you've asked me far too late, For in England I've a mate.
— Edward Lear
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