Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BACHELOR'S SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Like a dog with a bottle, fast ty'd to his tail Last Line: Yet he lugs it, and he hugs it, as a man does his wife. Subject(s): Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
LIKE a dog with a bottle, fast ty'd to his tail, Like vermin in a trap, or a thief in a jail, Like a Tory in a bog, Or an ape with a clog: Such is the man, who when he might go free, Does his liberty lose For a Matrimony noose, And sells himself into captivity. The dog he does howl, when his bottle does jog, The vermin, the thief, and the Tory in vain Of the trap, of the jail, of the quagmire complain. But well fare poor Pug! for he plays with his clog; And though he would be rid on't rather than his life, Yet he lugs it, and he hugs it, as a man does his wife. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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