Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FIG FOR TRADE, by AUSTIN PHILIPS First Line: A fig for trade!' the maiden said Last Line: A fig, for trade! Subject(s): Food & Eating; Merchants; Trade | ||||||||
"A FIG for Trade!" the maiden said, And tossed her fair, but haughty, head, "Blue blood, blue blood's the thing for me, "I'll wed with none of mean degree!" (A Ouida-esque Romance she'd read!) The Wheel of Time (as usual) sped A spinster's life the lady led One heard her say less frequently, "A fig for Trade!" Then she denied her Gods, to wed Not Peer, but merchant plain, instead: His Argo ploughed 'The Midland Sea' From Smyrna's port to Tripoli, And brought'twas thus he earned his bread A fig, for Trade! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRICE OF WOMEN by KAREN SWENSON BLUE CANTON-WARE by SARAH A. ATHEARN MERCHANT ADVENTURERS (WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO SIMEON STRUNSKY) by BERTON BRALEY DIGGING POTATERS IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY SELLING A COW IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A TRADE by EDWARD CARPENTER SWEET MEAT HAS SOUR SAUCE; OR, THE SLAVE-TRADER IN THE DUMPS by WILLIAM COWPER THE FLEECE: BOOK 2 by JOHN DYER A BALLADE OF GREEN FIELDS; FOR F.W.M. by AUSTIN PHILIPS |
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