Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRANSMUTATION, by OLIVE WALDRON WARNER


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TRANSMUTATION, by                    
First Line: Marriage ties are bound by rings
Last Line: Marriage ties but drag at heel.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Marriage ties are bound by rings --
Chafing metal cuts and stings.
Lovers' ties are gossamer things:
Moonlight -- starlight -- scent that clings.

Wives become but waiting slaves;
Roaming husbands soon are knaves.
Sweetheart, lover ever craves;
Naught, for her, but what he braves.

Commands are lovers' proud delight;
While wives but "nag" a man at night.
Sweethearts' tears put men in plight
But wives' can only cause their flight.

Lovers' vows hot kisses seal;
Marriage vows bring woe, sans weal.
Lovers' ties they never feel;
Marriage ties but drag at heel.





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