Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXTEMPORE, ON PASSING A LADY'S CARRIAGE, by ROBERT BURNS Poet's Biography First Line: If you rattle along like your mistress's tongue Last Line: If your stuff be as rotten's her heart. Subject(s): Hate | ||||||||
If you rattle along like your Mistress' tongue, Your speed will outrival the dart; But a fly for your load, you'll break down on the road, If your stuff be as rotten's her heart. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRD WITH THE DARK PLUMES by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS HATRED by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM JACK ROSE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE by THOMAS LUX IN STRANGE EVENTS by WILLIAM MEREDITH LINES FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD by HILAIRE BELLOC LINES TO A DON by HILAIRE BELLOC A BARD'S EPITAPH by ROBERT BURNS A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER by ROBERT BURNS |
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