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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RELATIONS, by ALESSANDRO TASSONI Poet's Biography First Line: Relations mine (if any still remain) Last Line: Let them relate themselves with my relations! | |||
RELATIONS mine (if any still remain), May God preserve you in good health and cheer: The Devil take you for my part again, And may no word of you e'er reach my ear! Who doth believe you should be flogged right sore! Let me be taken by fierce Turkish bands, Or infidels, or even priests before I chance to fall into relations' hands! If we should see each other in the street, We'll take our hats off if you will, and say: Good-morrow, Master; but if interests wait For settlement, then better 'twere to treat Each for himself and each in his own way. Relations? To the gallows with them straight, This frankly let me state: And if there be who blame my perorations, Let them relate themselves with my relations! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AND SO, I THINK DIOGENES by AMY LOWELL THE CLERKS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON TO - (3) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE CATARACT OF LODORE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE POWER OF MUSIC by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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