Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOUTS RIMES IN PRAISE OF OLD MAIDS, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hail all ye ancient damsels fair or brown Last Line: Greatly alone you stand without a prop. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Women - Old Age | ||||||||
Hail all ye ancient damsels fair or Brown, Whose careless minutes dance away on Down, No houshold cares your free enjoyments Saddle, Thro' life's wide sea your lonely skiff you Paddle; What tho' no lover seeks your heart to Steal, Nor bells salute you with a noisy Peal, Or nurse attends with caudle and with Cake Too dearly bought when liberty's at Stake; Yet shall you never mourn your husband Fickle Or children cropt by death's untimely Sickle, No hoyden romps shall your prim headdress Blouze, No noisy sot your peaceful slumbers Rouze, Slander against your fame shall find no Handle, While 'stead of squalling brats dear Pug you Dandle. In pleasure's free career you meet no Stop, Greatly alone you stand without a Prop. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREAT BLACK HERON by DENISE LEVERTOV DONATELLO'S MAGDALENE by LINDA PASTAN OLD LADIES' HOME by SYLVIA PLATH AT DEEP MIDNIGHT by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT ADA RUEL by RANSOM. JOHN CROWE THE ANGEL AND THE LITTLE OLD LADY by ROBERT LAX THE HIGH-TONED OLD CHRISTIAN WOMAN by WALLACE STEVENS AN EDUCATION IN THE EIGHTIES by RUTH STONE ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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