Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELINDA'S GLOVE, by RICHARD LOVELACE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou snowy farm with thy five tenements! Last Line: Are still allow'd to fiddle with the case. Variant Title(s): The Glove Subject(s): Fiddles; Gloves; Musical Instruments; Mittens; Muffs | ||||||||
THOU snowy farm with thy five tenements! Tell thy white mistress here was one That call'd to pay his daily rents; But she a-gathering flow'rs and hearts is gone, And thou left void to rude possession. But grieve not, pretty ermine cabinet, Thy alabaster lady will come home; If not, what tenant can there fit The slender turnings of thy narrow room, But must ejected be by his own doom? Then give me leave to leave my rent with thee: Five kisses, one unto a place; For though the lute's too high for me, Yet servants knowing minikin nor base Are still allow'd to fiddle with the case. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MITTEN SONG by MARIE LOUISE ALLEN ON AN OLD MUFF by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON IN FREIBURG STATION by RUPERT BROOKE THE ROMANCE OF A GLOVE by HENRY SAVILE CLARKE DI'S MITTEN by WILLIAM CLYDE FITCH AN EMPTY GLOVE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE LA BELLA BONA ROBA by RICHARD LOVELACE THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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