Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WANTED - A WIFE, by JESSE SILL First Line: Hale and hearty, and sixty-three Last Line: We'll have to hurry or we'll never atone. Subject(s): Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
Hale and hearty, and sixty-three -- Nothing in the world too good for me; I'm living alone, and want a wife To live with me the rest of my life. I have a home on bachelor's street And I want someone to keep it neat So girls come along and give me a bid -- Not any old maids -- may the Lord forbid! Twenty-four to thirty -- that's the stamp -- And remember that I'm very easy to vamp. Powder your face, and rouge your lips, Answer at once before this offer slips, So come one, come all if you want a man And bring along another one if you can. Don't be bashful, just knock at the door, I don't care if you've been married before Of course I don't care -- a husband or two -- When it comes to a dozen that won't do, For too many husbands on a family tree, Don't look too good to a man like me. I'd like her slim, but not too tall; I'd like one sweet, just like a doll. One that I could kiss, and pet, and hug When in my arms she'd fit quite snug. But I'm not so particular as to that, Just as long as she's not too fat. One hundred and fifty as her exact weight So she can get through the old garden gate. Neither do I wish to cheat any one, And I don't write this ad for fun. If we can agree, well all will be right -- For I'm not the one that cares to fight. And now I have given it all in detail, Please come a-running, and do not fail. The joys we are missing in being alone, We'll have to hurry or we'll never atone. | 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 |
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