Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LUCY, by ISABELLA LICKBARROW



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First Line: Shepherd, tho' thy song be sweet
Last Line: A single life and liberty.
Subject(s): Doubt; Marriage; Single People; Ticknell, Thomas (1686-1740); Skepticism; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Bachelors; Unmarried People


Shepherd, tho' thy song be sweet,
And thy cottage is complete,
Yet, should I consent to be
A rural bride, and dwell with thee,
Shall good-humour still prevail
In thy cottage of the vale?

Say, shall never frowns or strife
Make me rue a married life?
Wilt thou constant be and kind,
And as now to love inclin'd?
Else to me would sweeter be
A single life and liberty.





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