Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INSATIABLE PRIEST, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography First Line: Luke preach-ill admires what we laymen can mean Last Line: He can be content with two thousand a year. Subject(s): Birth; Clergy; Death; Marriage; Child Birth; Midwifery; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
LUKE PREACH-ILL admires what we laymen can mean; That thus by our profit and pleasure are swayed, He has but three livings, and would be a dean; His wife died this year, he has married his maid. To suppress all his carnal desires in their birth, At all hours a lusty young hussy is near; And, to take off his thoughts from the things of this earth, He can be content with two thousand a year. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR A DUTCH PROVERB by MATTHEW PRIOR A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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