Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UPON PLAYING AT OMBRE WITH TWO LADIES, by MATTHEW PRIOR


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UPON PLAYING AT OMBRE WITH TWO LADIES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know that fortune long has wanted sight
Last Line: And gives success in every suit -- but hearts.
Subject(s): Card Games; Fortune; Playing Cards


I KNOW that fortune long has wanted sight,
And therefore pardoned when she did not right;
But yet till then it never did appear,
That, as she wanted eyes, she could not hear;
I begged that she would give me leave to lose,
A thing she does not commonly refuse!
Two matadores are out against my game,
Yet still I play, and still my luck's the same;
Unconquered in three suits it does remain,
Whereas I only ask in one to gain;
Yet she, still contradicting, gifts imparts,
And gives success in every suit -- but hearts.





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