Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POLLY HOPKINS, by ANONYMOUS


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POLLY HOPKINS, by                    
First Line: "pretty, pretty polly hopkins, how do you do?"
Last Line: "she. No, hang yourself. He oh! Cruel etc"
Subject(s): Cruelty;love;marriage; Weddings;husbands;wives


He. Pretty, pretty Polly Hopkins, how do you do?
She. None the better, Mr. Tomkins, for seeing you, for seeing you.
He. Well, all my wealth . . .
She. Be quiet, pray.
He. A man of health . . .
She. Do get away.
He. Oh! cruel pretty Polly Hopkins, don't tell me so, don't tell me so.
She. Oh! silly silly Mr. Tomkins, to use me so, to use me so.
He. Oh! but all I have, Polly Hopkins, I'll give to you, I'll give to you.
She. I plainly tell you, Mr. Tomkins, that won't do, that won't do.
He. Had I diamonds bright and rare . . .
She. You'd keep them all for me, I swear. He. Oh! cruel, etc.
He. Oh! Polly, what is your objection? Oh! tell me true; Oh! tell me
true.
She. Your ugly figure and complexion; who could love you, who could love
you?
He. I'll handsome grow . . .
She. That I deny.
He. Though ugly now . . .
She. Worse by and by. He. Oh! cruel, etc.
He. If we were married, Polly Hopkins, what should we do, what should we
do?
She. I'd hope the next day, Mr. Tomkins, to bury you, to bury you.
He. What shall I do?
She. I'll tell you, elf.
He. What, live with you?
She. No, hang yourself. He. Oh! cruel, etc.





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