Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PASSIONATE PRINTER TO HIS LOVE, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come live with me and be my dear Last Line: Amandus typographicus. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Printing & Printers | ||||||||
(Whose name is Amanda.) With Apologies to the Shade of Christopher Marlowe. COME live with me and be my Dear; And till that happy bond shall lapse, I'll set your Poutings in Brevier, Your Praises in the largest CAPS. There's Diamond -- 'tis for your Eyes; There's Ruby -- that will match your Lips; Pearl, for your Teeth; and Minion-size To suit your dainty Finger-tips. In Nonpareil I'll put your Face; In Rubric shall your Blushes rise; There is no Bourgeois in your Case; Your Form can never need 'Revise.' Your Cheeks seem 'Ready for the Press'; Your Laugh as Clarendon is clear; There's more distinction in your Dress Than in the oldest Elzevir. So with me live, and with me die; And may no 'FINIS' e'er intrude To break into mere 'Printers' Pie' The Type of our Beatitude! (ERRATUM. -- If my suit you flout, And choose some happier Youth to wed, 'Tis but to cross AMANDA out, And read another name instead.) AMANDUS TYPOGRAPHICUS. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: FUST AND FRIENDS by ROBERT BROWNING SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 1. THE PRINTING-PRESS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A PLEASANT INFECTIVE AGAINST PRINTING by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE HAPPY PRINTER by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON TO AN EDITOR (ON THE RETURN OF A MANUSCRIPT) by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON ZENGER THE PRINTER by ARTHUR GUITERMAN ERICH THE PRINTER—(B. 1883-D. 1938): (1929) by DAVID WAGONER A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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