Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIDOWER, by ROYALL TYLER Poet's Biography First Line: Happy the man, who free as air Last Line: To laugh -- or cry! Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Marriage; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
HAPPY the man, who free as air, By nuptial ties no longer bound, With dearest wife lays every care Low under ground. While he with fops, sips tea with toasts; Airy, and gay, in his attire; Whose pride, in age, and winter's frost, Can yield him fire. Blest, who can unconcernedly find Days, hours, and years, glide soft away; Who jokes, and laughs, with vacant mind, Though hairs grow grey. No sleep by night -- dancing and drink Together mixt, sweet recreation! And making love, which witlings think Gives reputation. Thus let me live, thus dance through life, thus, unconnected, let me die; Steal from the world, without a wife To LAUGH -- or CRY! | 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 INDEPENDENCE DAY by ROYALL TYLER |
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