Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ADVICE; SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Poor celia once was very fair Last Line: Young ladies, marry, marry while you may! Subject(s): Carpe Diem | ||||||||
I. POOR Celia once was very fair, A quick bewitching eye she had, Most neatly look'd her braided hair, Her dainty cheeks would make you mad, Upon her lip did all the Graces play, And on her breasts ten thousand Cupids lay. II. Then many a doting lover came From seventeen till twenty-one, Each told her of his mighty flame, But she, forsooth, affected none. One was not handsome, t'other was not fine, This of tobacco smelt, and that of wine. III. But t'other day it was my fate To walk along that way alone, I saw no coach before her gate, But at the door I heard her moan: She dropt a tear, and sighing, seem'd to say, Young ladies, marry, marry while you may! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GLAMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON I WANT TO LIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON UNDER A PATCHED SAIL by MARIANNE MOORE HORACE TO LEUCONOE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON EPITAPH: FOR ONE WHO GAILY SOWED HIS OATS by COUNTEE CULLEN AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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