["For when they threw the torch on the funeral bed, the pious wives wi… — Essays

Essays — Michel de Montaigne

["For when they threw the torch on the funeral bed, the pious wives with hair dishevelled, stand around striving, which, living, shall accompany her spouse; and are ashamed that they may not die; they who are preferred expose their breasts to the flame, and they lay their scorched lips on those of their husbands." --Propertius, iii. 13, 17.]

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