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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BETHROTHAL AND WEDLOCK; EPIGRAM, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In youth the artist voweth lover's vows
Last Line: As when he craved some boon and she was coy!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
First Line: In youth the artist voweth lover's vows
Last Line: As when he craved some boon and she was coy!
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
IN youth the artist voweth lover's vows
To Art, in manhood maketh her his spouse.
Well if her charms yet hold for him such joy
As when he craved some boon and she was coy!
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