Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BETROTHAL, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY


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First Line: Oh, come, my lad, or go, my lad
Last Line: There's few enough as is.
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Happiness; Love - Marital; Marriage; Joy; Delight; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Oh, come, my lad, or go, my lad,
And love me if you like.
I shall not hear the door shut
Nor the knocker strike.

Oh, bring me gifts or beg me gifts,
And wed me if you will.
I'd make a man a good wife,
Sensible and still.

And why should I be cold, my lad,
And why should you repine,
Because I love a dark head
That never will be mine?

I might as well be easing you
As lie alone in bed
And waste the night in wanting
A cruel dark head.

You might as well be calling yours
What never will be his,
And one of us be happy.
There's few enough as is.





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