Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG FOR THE SINGLE TABLE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST Poet's Biography First Line: Ye single folks all, that adorn this gay table Last Line: Derry down &c. Alternate Author Name(s): Thomas, Mrs. Elizabeth Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
YE single folks all, that adorn this gay table, Come join in a chorus as loud as you're able: Let the married ones know, by your mirth and your song, That for us every New Year comes smiling along. Derry down &c. Sweet Liberty's ours, to the wise ever dear, And while it is ours we have nothing to fear: No wives ever-scolding, our hearts to dismay, Nor husbands to thank us 'cause wiser than they. Derry down &c. No brats that are squalling for victuals at home, No grave curtain-lectures when thither we come; No faults to be found with our persons or minds, For who in himself imperfections e'er finds? Derry down &c. Can ambition desire more absolute sway Than to be our own masters for good and for aye? Be this then your maxim, and follow it still, Those only are happy who have their own will. Derry down &c. But happiness only is known by compare, As foils set off diamonds. Lo! our foil is there. Ah! Hymen, the looks of thy victims explain The comfort of dragging an old rusty chain. Derry down &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A PRIZE RIDDLE ON HERSELF WHEN 24 by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST FROM A YOUNG WOMAN TO AN OLD OFFICER WHO COURTED HER by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST |
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