Good Madam, when ladies are willing, A man must needs look like a fool; For me, I would not give a shilling For one who would love out of rule. You should leave us to guess by your blushing, And not speak the matter so plain; 'Tis ours to write and be pushing, 'Tis yours to affect a disdain. That you're in a terrible taking, By all these sweet oglings I see; But the fruit that can fall without shaking, Indeed is too mellow for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPIGRAM: A LAME BEGGAR by JOHN DONNE MONADNOC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON NATURE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW LAMENT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY EPIGRAM ON QUEEN CAROLINE'S DEATHBED by ALEXANDER POPE THE YOUNG CARPENTER by AL-RUSAFI |