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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My noble, lovely, little peggy, / let this, my first epistle, beg ye Last Line: And so I rest your constant friend. Variant Title(s): To Lady Margaret Cavenish Holles-harley, Afterwards Duchess Of Portland Subject(s): Children; God; Letters; Prayer; Childhood | |||
MY noble, lovely, little Peggy, Let this my first epistle beg ye, At dawn of morn, and close of even, To lift your heart and hands to Heaven. In double beauty say your prayer: Our Father first,--then Notre Pere: And, dearest child, along the day, In everything you do and say, Obey and please my lord and lady, So God shall love, and angels aid ye. If to these precepts you attend, No second letter need I send, And so I rest your constant friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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