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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PET'S PUNISHMENT, by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY Poet's Biography First Line: O, if my love offended me Last Line: And punish her -- with kisses! Subject(s): Animal Rights; Pets; Women; Animal Abuse; Vivisection | |||
O, IF my love offended me, And we had words together, To show her I would master be, I'd whip her with a feather! If then she, like a naughty girl, Would tyranny declare it, I'd give my pet a cross of pearl, And make her always bear it. If still she tried to sulk and sigh, And threw away my posies, I'd catch my darling on the sly, And smother her with roses. But should she clench her dimpled fists, Or contradict her betters, I'd manacle her tiny wrists With dainty jewelled fetters. And if she dared her lips to pout, Like many pert young misses, I'd wind my arm her waist about, And punish her -- with kisses! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENTERING THE SOUTH by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE ARTIC OX by MARIANNE MOORE MARY'S LAMB by SARAH JOSEPHA BUELL HALE PLEA FOR A CAPTIVE by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 97 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI KINDNESS TO ANIMALS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE WILD HORSE by MARY ANN BROWNE A MARLOW MADRIGAL by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY |
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