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Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long a-doing So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.

R. H. Barham

Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long a-doing So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.

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About R. H. Barham

Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England, a novelist and a humorous poet. He was known generally by his pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby and as the author of The Ingoldsby Legends.