A Reasonable Affliction
Read 'A Reasonable Affliction' by 'Matthew Prior' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
A Reasonable Affliction by Matthew Prior
On his death-bed poor Lubin lies:
His spouse is in despair:
With frequent sobs, and mutual cries,
They both express their care.
A different cause, says Parson Sly,
The same effect may give:
Poor Lubin fears that he may die;
His wife, that he may live.
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