Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET LOVES A MISTRESS, BUT NOT TO MARRY, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do not love to wed Last Line: Will be content with one? Subject(s): Sex; Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
1. I do not love to wed, Though I do like to wooe; And for a maidenhead Ile beg, and buy it too. 2. Ile praise, and Ile approve Those maids that never vary; And fervently Ile love; But yet I would not marry. 3. Ile hug, Ile kisse, Ile play, And Cock-like Hens Ile tread: And sport it any way; But in the Bridall Bed: 4. For why? that man is poore, Who hath but one of many; But crown'd he is with store, That single may have any. 5. Why then, say, what is he (To freedome so unknown) Who having two or three, Will be content with one? | 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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