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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH A PRESENT OF TWO COCKSCOMBS, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two cockscombs wait at your command Last Line: But then, to make amends, they both are mute. Variant Title(s): Lines Sent With Two Coxcombs To Miss Green Subject(s): Cockscombs (plants) | |||
MADAM,--Two Cockscombs wait at your command, And, what is strange, both dressed by Nature's hand; Like other fops they dread a hasty shower, And beg a refuge in your closest bower; Showy like them, like them they yield no fruit, But then, to make amends, they both are mute. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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