Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A POPULAR FUNCTIONARY, by CHARLES DIBDIN Poet's Biography First Line: Did but the law appoint us one, / tired couples to release again Last Line: And in the midst my wife and me! Alternate Author Name(s): Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo; Dibdin, Charles, Jr. Subject(s): Divorce | ||||||||
DID but the law appoint us one, Tired couples to release again, What shoals of all degrees would run, To break their matrimonial chain! The widow old, Herself and gold Who to the healthy spendthrift gave; And the rich churl, Who took a girl, Poor wretch! with one foot in the grave. Prudes, who at men would never look, Yet slyly tasted Hymen's joy; And wild coquets, who husbands took, When they could get no other toy: Millions would try The knot to untie: Towards the goal of liberty, Lord! what a throng Would crowd along, And in the midst my wife and me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN PRAISE OF THEIR DIVORCE by TONY HOAGLAND TRIANGULATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL WAITING FOR THIS STORY TO END BEFORE I BEGIN ANOTHER by JAN HELLER LEVI MOVING AGAIN by WILLIAM MATTHEWS |
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