Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FATHER'S THOUGHT OF HIS DAUGHTER, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: She will jilt a lover Last Line: When I am dead. Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters | ||||||||
She will jilt a lover, When gray is this head; And lead a husband by the nose When I am dead. No toil shall ever stain her, All pleasure shall she prove, And cruelly spread 'round her The old illusion, love. For I was trapped and taken Many a time, that way; How easily can woman Man's weakest trait betray! You young men of the future, She now shall show you all What silly slaves of habit You are, when instincts call: Yes, she shall bear you captive In chains of bitter rue, To me, the only lover Whose will she chose to do! She will be jilting lovers, When grey is this head; And lead a husband by the nose When I am dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER DISAPPOINTMENT by MARK JARMAN DRESSING MY DAUGHTERS by MARK JARMAN READING ALOUD TO MY FATHER by JANE KENYON NOT BAD, DAD, NOT BAD' by JAN HELLER LEVI A WOMAN WAKING by PHILIP LEVINE MYRRHA TO THE SOURCE by HEATHER MCHUGH MY FATHER'S DIARY (2) by SHARON OLDS ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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