Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LUCY, by ISABELLA LICKBARROW Poet's Biography 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. | 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 |
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