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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY MUSE (WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE SHADE OF COLONEL LOVELACE), by AUSTIN PHILIPS
First Line: Deem me not fickle, in that I
Last Line: My bread-and-butter more!
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Lovelace, Richard (1618-1657); Muses; Survival
First Line: Deem me not fickle, in that I
Last Line: My bread-and-butter more!
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Lovelace, Richard (1618-1657); Muses; Survival
DEEM me not fickle, in that I
No more frequent thy shrine,
Not yet, reproachful, ask me why
I seldom pen a line.
Thy cult doth call for leisured hands,
And, since man must be fed,
A stern necessity demands
I earn my daily bread.
Yet this neglect doth no-wise prove
That thee I less adore,
But that, though true to thee, I love
My bread-and-butter more!
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