Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WIFE'S LAMENT, by NIKOLAY ALEXEYEVICH NEKRASOV


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THE WIFE'S LAMENT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My life is like daytime
Last Line: Me, poor little wife!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nekrasov, N. A.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


MY life is like daytime
With no sun to warm it!
My life is like night
With no glimmer of moon!
And I -- the young woman --
Am like the swift steed
On the curb, the young swallow
With wings crushed and broken;
My jealous old husband
Is drunken and snoring,
But even while snoring,
He keeps one eye open,
And watches me always,
Me, poor little wife!





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