Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADVICE TO A FRIEND ON MARRIAGE, by EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS First Line: Ope! Who? A friend! What wouldst obtain Last Line: You're crazy--batter out your brain. Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
OPE! Who? A friend! What wouldst obtain? Advice! Whereof? Is't well to wed? I wish to marry. What's your pain? No wife have I for board and bed, By whom my house is wisely led. One meek and fair I wish to gain, Young, wealthy too, and nobly bred; You're crazy--batter out your brain. Consider! Grief can you sustain? Women have tempers bold and dread; When for a dish of eggs you're fain, Broth, cheese, you'll have before you spread: Now free, you'll be a slave instead-- When married, you yourself have slain. Think well. My first resolve is said; You're crazy--batter out your brain. No wife will be like her you feign; On angry words you shall be fed, So shall you bitterly complain, With woes too hard to bear, bested: Better a life in forest led Than of such beast to bear the strain. No! The sweet fancy fills my head; You're crazy--batter out your brain. ENVOY Soon you will long that you were dead When married; seek in street or lane Some love. No! Passion bids me wed You're crazy--batter out your brain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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