Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CENSUS AND THE FAIR DISSENTER, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Rude querist! My feelings your question enrages Last Line: "till I know what is his who will make me a bride." Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Aging; Census; Rudeness; Women; Bad Manners | ||||||||
"RUDE querist! my feelings your question enrages To ask a young woman like me what her age is! Twenty-five, Sir, it may be, about that or less." "And what the religion, ma'am, which you profess?" "Sir! I shall not on any persuasion decide Till I know what is his who will make me a bride." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUNBEAM AND SHADOW by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER A THOUGHTLESS GUEST by ANN COBB TO A GENTLEMAN WHO DISORDERED A LADY'S HANDKERCHIEF, ... CUT HIS THUMB by ELIZABETH TEFT RUDENESS by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A BOTTLE OF THE OLD by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A DILEMMA by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A LAWYER'S BILL by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON A LOOKING-GLASS FOR LANDLORDS by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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