Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SPINSTER, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL



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A SPINSTER, by                    
First Line: Why have you come, o love, so near
Last Line: Whenever did you come to stay?
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Single People; Spinsters; Bachelors; Unmarried People; Old Maids


Why have you come, O love, so near,
Come but to pass me by?
I sought you not, but found you here;
Turn hence your trifling eye.

And in your vagrant wandering,
Pray take some other path;
Your talk—it is but maundering
To rouse contempt and wrath.

Forever on some changing quest,
With manners quite too gay,
You are a fickle-minded guest.
What's that? You've come to stay?

I don't believe a word you say;
You said the same another day;
I know your tricks: go way; go way;
Whenever did you come to stay?





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