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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONNET ON CHRISTIAN NAMES, by CHARLES LAMB Poet's Biography First Line: In christian world mary the garland wears? Last Line: These all, than saxon edith, please me less. Alternate Author Name(s): Elia Subject(s): Names | |||
(Written in the album of Edith Southey) IN Christian world Mary the garland wears! Rebecca sweetens on a Hebrew's ear; Quakers for pure Priscilla are more clear; And the light Gaul by amorous Ninon swears. Among the lesser lights how Lucy shines! What air of fragrance Rosamond throws round! How like a hymn doth sweet Cecilia sound! Of Marthas, and of Abigails, few lines Have bragged in verse. Of coarsest household stuff Should homely Joan be fashioned. But can You Barbara resist, or Marian? And is not Clare for love excuse enough? Yet, by my faith in numbers, I profess, These all, than Saxon Edith, please me less. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISSISSIPPI by E. ETHELBERT MILLER THE FANTASTIC NAMES OF JAZZ by HAYDEN CARRUTH TV MEN: LAZARUS by ANNE CARSON CLARE OF ASSISI by MADELINE DEFREES TERMINAL LAUGHS by IRVING FELDMAN A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO by CHARLES LAMB |
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