Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EMMA, by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL First Line: Why, pretty rogue! Do you protest Last Line: Your smile would bribe both judge and jury. Alternate Author Name(s): Clay, Mrs. William | ||||||||
Why, pretty rogue! do you protest The trick of stealing you detest? 'T is what you are doing every day, Either in earnest or in play. Cupid and you, 't is said, are cousins, (Au fait in stealing hearts by dozens,) Who make no more of shooting sparks, Than schoolboys do of wounding larks; Nay, what is worse, 't is my belief, Though known to be an arrant thief, Such powers of witchcraft are your own, That Justice slumbers on her throne; And should you be arraign'd in court For practising this cruel sport, In spite of all the plaintiff's fury Your smile would bribe both judge and jury. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PICTURE OF A FINE GENTLEMAN by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL THE SCHOOL FOR SATIRE by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL THE CLOISTER by ISAAC ROSENBERG MOTHERHOOD by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE WOUND-DRESSER by WALT WHITMAN CASSANDRA SOUTHWICK; 1658 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE DISINTERRED WARRIOR by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY LORD KNOWLES: SONG 1 by THOMAS CAMPION TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. OVER THE GREAT CITY by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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