Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOKING FORWARD, by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Poet's Biography First Line: If no one ever marries me Last Line: And bring her up as mine. Variant Title(s): Little Girls Subject(s): Orphans; Single People; Foundlings; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
IF no one ever marries me I shan't mind very much; I shall buy a squirrel in a cage And a little rabbit-hutch: I shall have a cottage near a wood, And a pony all my own; And a little lamb quite clean and tame That I can take to town: And when I'm getting really old, At twenty-eight or nine I shall buy a little orphan-girl And bring her up as mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BLESSING FOR THE BLESSED by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |
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