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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LOVE SONG, by ROYALL TYLER Poet's Biography First Line: By the fierce flames of love I'm in a sad taking Last Line: Wont let a poor man go about his business. Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | |||
BY the fierce flames of Love I'm in a sad taking, I'm singed like a pig that is hung up for bacon, My stomach is scorched like an over-done mutton-chop, That for want of gravy wont afford a single drop. Love, love, love is like a dizziness, Wont let a poor man go about his business My great toes and little toes are burnt to a cinder, As a hot burning-glass burns a dish-cloth to tinder, As cheese by a hot salamander is roasted, By beauty that's red-hot, like a cheese am I toasted. Love, love, love is like a dizziness, Wont let a poor man go about his business. Attend all young lovers, who after ladies dandle, I'm singed like a duck's foot over a candle, By this that and t'other, I'm treated uncivil, Like a gizzard I'm peppered, and then made a devil. Love, love, love is like a dizziness, Wont let a poor man go about his business. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN INDEPENDENCE DAY by ROYALL TYLER |
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