(@3To a Lucy Stoner@1) Stay by yourself and be my love! We will not ape the turtledove And live within one tiny cot As is the common married lot. Such humdrum ways we view amiss, We seek a freer sort of bliss. You keep your flat and I'll keep mine Save that together we will dine Say once a week. But otherwise Our quondam freedom we will prize. Upon your time I'll make no claim, You'll keep your job, your maiden name, And folks who come around to call Will never know we're wed at all. Stay by yourself and be my bride, And our expenses we'll divide, Retaining all our love's resplendence Through Economic Independence. And should a baby come to us (It has been known to happen thus), We'll shake the dice or match to see Whether it's named for you or me. And thus we'll live our whole lives through Two hearts and souls—remaining two! If with this plan you coincide, Stay by yourself and be my bride! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAWORTH CHURCHYARD by MATTHEW ARNOLD COLORADO MORTON'S RIDE by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) THE COASTERS by THOMAS FLEMING DAY THE FIELD MOUSE by WILLIAM SHARP MOON OF LOVELINESS by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II SLOW TO COME, QUICK A-GONE by WILLIAM BARNES |