Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POSTSCRIPT, by ANNE GRANT First Line: Jean, fetch that heap of tangled yarn Last Line: To plant in vain the barren laurel! Alternate Author Name(s): Grant Of Laggan, Mrs.; Mac Vigar, Anne; Macvicar, Anne Subject(s): Housewives; Labor & Laborers; Rhyme; Work; Workers | ||||||||
Jean, fetch that heap of tangled yarn, And bring those stockings here to darn, And get from Anne the dairy keys, That I may go and count my cheese: To every useful occupation, Befitting of my place and station, I'll henceforth dedicate my time, And if again I write in rhyme, 'Twill be a shrewd severe lampoon On country wives who fly to town, And leave their dairy and relations, To curl their hair, and follow fashions: Or else an acrimonious satire On matrons, who in spite of Nature, With common useful duties quarrel, To plant in vain the barren laurel! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HIGHLANDERS, SELECTION by ANNE GRANT |
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