Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME AND LOVE, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) Poet's Biography First Line: An artist painted time and love Last Line: "and, after marriage, cupid." Subject(s): Art & Artists; Cupid; Love; Time; Eros | ||||||||
AN artist painted Time and Love; Time with two pinions spread above, And Love without a feather; Sir Harry patronized the plan, And soon Sir Hal and Lady Ann In wedlock came together. Copies of each the dame bespoke: The artist, ere he drew a stroke, Reversed his old opinions, And straightway to the fair one brings Time in his turn devoid of wings, And Cupid with two pinions. "What blunder's this?" the lady cries, "No blunder, Madam," he replies, "I hope I'm not so stupid. Each has his pinions in his day, Time, before marriage, flies away, And, after marriage, Cupid." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE REJECTED ADDRESSES: THE BABY'S DEBUT, BY W. W. by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) |
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