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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILLIS'S AGE, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography First Line: How old may phillis be, you ask Last Line: And phyllis is some forty-three. Subject(s): Love; Middle Age | |||
How old may Phyllis be, you ask, Whose beauty thus all hearts engages? To answer is no easy task, For she has really two ages. Stiff in brocard, and pinch'd in stays, His patches, paint, and jewels on, All day let envy view her face; And Phyllis is but twenty-one. Paint, patches, jewels laid aside, As night astronomers agree, The evening has the day belied; And Phyllis is some forty-three. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD PERISHABLE, IT SAID by JANE HIRSHFIELD QUICKLY AGING HERE by DENIS JOHNSON TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH TWO SONGS OF PEACE: 2 by YEHUDA AMICHAI A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR A DUTCH PROVERB by MATTHEW PRIOR A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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