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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DUTCH PROVERB, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography First Line: Fire, water, woman, are man's ruin, / says wise professor vander bruin Last Line: And great thy wisdom, van der bruin! Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages | |||
'FIRE, Water, Woman, are Man's ruin!' Says wise Professor Van der Bruin. By flames, a house I hired was lost Last year; and I must pay the cost. This spring, the rains o'erflowed my ground, And my best Flanders mare was drowned. A slave am I to Clara's eyes; The gipsy knows her power, and flies! Fire, Water, Woman, are my ruin; And great thy wisdom, Van der Bruin! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ANCIENT PROVERB by WILLIAM BLAKE AN OLD SAW NEWLY RENDERED by LEVI BISHOP TANKA OF THE WISE by HENRY HARRISON WAN LO TANKA by HENRY HARRISON THE PROVERBS OF HENDYNGE by HENDYNGE PROVERBS OF THE MIDLE WORLD by THOMAS MCGRATH A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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