Possible Clues:

• '...___ a man with seven wives'
• Ciardi's ___ a Man
• "__ a girl who sang the blues": Don McLean lyric
• '___ a traveler ...': 'Ozymandias'
• "Since --- You, Baby"
• Buddy Guy's "First Time ___ the Blues"
• "--- a man with seven wives"
• "... think __ my match"
• "___ her in a club down in old Soho ..." (from "Lola," by the Kinks)
• "__ a man who wasn't ..."