Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPILOGUE TO MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTIUS, BY MR. N. LEE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You've seen a pair of faithful lovers die Last Line: And women fight, like swizzers, for their pay. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Death; Love; Plays & Playwrights ; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Dead, The; Dramatists | ||||||||
YOU'VE seen a Pair of faithful Lovers die: And much you care, for most of you will cry, 'Twas a just Judgment on their Constancy. For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an Age, When no man dies for Love, but on the Stage: And ev'n those Martyrs are but rare in Plays; A cursed sign how much true Faith decays: Love is no more a violent desire; 'Tis a meer Metaphor, a painted Fire. In all our Sex, the name examin'd well, Is Pride to gain, and Vanity to tell. In Woman, 'tis of subtil int'rest made; Curse on the Punk that made it first a Trade! She first did Wits Prerogative remove, And made a Fool presume to prate of Love. Let Honour and Preferment go for Gold, But glorious Beauty is not to be sold; Or, if it be, 'tis at a rate so high, That nothing but adoring it shou'd buy. Yet the rich Cullies may their boasting spare; They purchase but sophisticated Ware. 'Tis Prodigality that buys deceit, Where both the Giver, and the Taker cheat. Men but refine on the old Half-Crown way; And Women fight, like Swizzers, for their Pay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY by JOHN DRYDEN A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN |
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