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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 7. TROCHAIC VERSE: THE THIRD EPIGRAM, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Kate can fancy only beardless husbands
Last Line: Her smooth youths she finds all hugely bearded.
Subject(s): Beards; Courtship
First Line: Kate can fancy only beardless husbands
Last Line: Her smooth youths she finds all hugely bearded.
Subject(s): Beards; Courtship
Kate can fancy only beardless husbands,
That's the cause she shakes off every suitor,
That's the cause she lives so stale a virgin,
For before her heart can heat her answer,
Her smooth youths she finds all hugely bearded.
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