Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO SPOUSE BUT A SISTER, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A bachelour I will Last Line: And kisse, but yet be chaste. Subject(s): Single People; Women; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
A bachelour I will Live as I have liv'd still, And never take a wife To crucifie my life: But this I'le tell ye too, What now I meane to doe; A Sister (in the stead Of Wife) about I'le lead; Which I will keep embrac'd, And kisse, but yet be chaste. | 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 A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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