"WERE I a man," quoth Mistress Jane, "Ah, would I were! -- I'd drink champagne And smoke -- be dashing in my dress -- And let my roving eyes express A love I never entertain. "With rose lips near, I'd not refrain From kissing. I would e'er maintain That woman's 'No' is often 'Yes,' Were I a man. "Yet while I muse, it seems quite plain That as I am I can't complain, For Tom and Jack -- they both confess -- Adore me. So I rather guess I'd wish I were a girl again, Were I a man!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER IN HELL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH EVERYONE KNOWS WHOM THE SAVED ENVY by JAMES GALVIN NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS |