SOME ladies now make pretty songs, And some make pretty nurses; Some men are great at righting wrongs And some at writing verses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SONNET: 12 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LINES WRITTEN BY A DEATH-BED by MATTHEW ARNOLD SONNET: 13 by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE SOUL'S MUTINY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE SHEPHERD'S PIPE: FIFTH ECLOGUE; TO HIS FRIEND CHRISTOPHER BROOKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) TO MARY RUSSELL MITFORD, IN HER GARDEN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |