Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Ye cats that at midnight spit love at each other Last Line: Keep their feet, mount their tails, and away! Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Love | ||||||||
YE Cats that at midnight spit love at each other, Who best feel the pangs of a passionate lover, I appeal to your scratches and your tattered fur, If the business of Love be no more than to purr. Old Lady Grimalkin with her gooseberry eyes, Knew something when a kitten, for why she was wise; You find by experience, the love-fit's soon o'er, Puss! Puss! lasts not long, but turns to Cat-whore! Men ride many miles, Cats tread many tiles, Both hazard their necks in the fray; Only Cats, when they fall From a house or a wall, Keep their feet, mount their tails, and away! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A CHARACTER OF A BELLY-GOD; CATIUS AND HORACE by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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