Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIKING AND LOVING, by OLIVER MARBLE First Line: Poor sad strephon's been jilted by phyllis, the jade Last Line: When he likes liking better, she loves loving best! Subject(s): Love; Love - Cultural Differences | ||||||||
POOR sad Strephon's been jilted by Phyllis, the jade; While Daphne for Mopsus her love has professed. Here the woodlands resound for the plaints of the blade, While the fields of the maiden in joy are arrayed. Till the wight all forlorn meets the maiden so blest: He, "I like liking better;" she, "I love loving best." With bold Mopsus our song is no further concerned; But sad Strephon his plight by his phrase has confessed (Though his life is a husk since by Phyll he was spurned), While the right of dear Daphne her sweet lips have learned: For, note ye the speech of the sad and the blest: When he likes liking better, she loves loving best! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A BORDER AFFAIR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. TWO VARIATIONS ON AN OLD NURSEY RHYME: 1 by EDITH SITWELL THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: 1 by WILLIAM BASSE THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: 2 by WILLIAM BASSE THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: 3 by WILLIAM BASSE THE TURKISH LADY by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE UNATTAINABLE by EMMETT MALOY COUNTS THE PILOT OF THE PLAINS by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE by OLIVER MARBLE |
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