IF A DAUGHTER YOU HAVE
by: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
(1751-1816)
- f a daughter
you have, she's the plague of your life,
- No peace shall you know, tho' you've buried your wife,
- At twenty she mocks at the duty you taught her,
- O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
- Sighing and whining,
- Dying and pining,
- O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
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- When scarce in their teens, they have wit to perplex us,
- With letters and lovers for ever they vex us,
- While each still rejects the fair suitor you've brought her,
- O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
- Wrangling and jangling,
- Flouting and pouting,
- O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
"If a Daughter You Have"
was originally published in The Duenna (1775). |
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