Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY WIFE AND I, IN ONE ROMANTIC COT, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Of wife and I Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Marriage; Property; Wishes | ||||||||
My wife and I, in one romantic cot, The world forgetting, by the world forgot, Or high as the gods upon Olympus dwell, Pleased with what things we have, and pleased as well To wait in hope for those which we have not. She vows in ardour for a horse to trot; I stake my votive prayers upon a yacht. Which shall be first remembered, who can tell,''" My wife or I? Harvests of flowers o'er all our garden plot, She dreams; and I to enrich a darker spot,''" My unprovided cellar. Both to swell Our narrow cottage huge as a hotel, Where portly friends may come and share the lot Of wife and I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 1. THE GOOD OGRE'S BEARD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR I WANT THIS CORNER EMPTY (PERSEPHONE SPEAKING)' by JULIE CARR THE THREE WISHES by BILLY COLLINS A-WISHING WELL by ROBERT FROST A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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