Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONCERNING SISTERS-IN-LAW, by ANONYMOUS First Line: They looked so alike as they sat at their work Last Line: That my very dear wife was my sister-in-law Subject(s): Sisters-in-law | ||||||||
I They looked so alike as they sat at their work, What a pity 'tis that one isn't a Turk!) The same glances and smiles, the same habits and arts, The same tastes, the same frocks, and (no doubt) the same hearts, The same irresistible cut in their jibs, The same little jokes, and the same little fibs That I thought the best way to get out of my pain Was byheads for Maria, and woman for Jane; For hang me if it seemed it could matter a straw, Which dear became wife, and which sister-in-law. II But now, I will own, I feel rather inclined To suspect I've some reason to alter my mind; And the doubt in my breast daily grows a more strong one, That they're not quite alike, and I've taken the wrong one. Jane is always so gentle, obliging, and cool; Never calls me a monsternot even a fool; All our little contentions, 'tis she makes them up, And she knows how much sugar to put in my cup: Yes, I sometimes have wishedHeav'n forgive me the flaw! That my very dear wife was my sister-in-law. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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