Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EXPOSTULATION, by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE Poet's Biography First Line: When late I attempted your pity to move Last Line: But--why did you kick me downstairs? Subject(s): Pity; Women | ||||||||
WHEN late I attempted your pity to move, What made you so deaf to my prayers? Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But--why did you kick me downstairs? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE RECRUITING SERGEANT; A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT: AIR by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE |
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