Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A SCOLD; EPIGRAM, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "here lies a woman, no man can deny it" Last Line: "you gently tread, for if she wake, she'll talk" Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings;husbands;wives | ||||||||
Here lies a woman, no man can deny it, Who rests in peace, although she lived unquiet, Her husband prays you, if by her grave you walk You gently tread, for if she wake, she'll talk. | 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 TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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