Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEDLOCK. A SATIRE, by MEHETABEL (WESLEY) WRIGHT First Line: Thou tyrant, whom I will not name Last Line: For truth in whores and ease in hell. | ||||||||
THOU tyrant, whom I will not name, Whom heaven and hell alike disclaim; Abhorred and shunned, for different ends, By angels, Jesuits, beasts and fiends! What terms to curse thee shall I find, Thou plague peculiar to mankind? O may my verse excel in spite The wiliest, wittiest imps of night! Then lend me for a while your rage, You maidens old and matrons sage: So may my terms in railing seem As vile and hateful as my theme. Eternal foe to soft desires, Inflamer of forbidden fires, Thou source of discord, pain and care, Thou sure forerunner of despair, Thou scorpion with a double face, Thou lawful plague of human race, Thou bane of freedom, ease and mirth, Thou deep damnation upon earth, Thou serpent which the angels fly, Thou monster whom the beasts defy, Whom wily Jesuits sneer at too; And Satan (let him have his due) Was never so confirmed a dunce To risk damnation more than once. That wretch, if such a wretch there be, Who hopes for happiness from thee, May search successfully as well For truth in whores and ease in hell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EPITAPH UPON HERSELF by MEHETABEL (WESLEY) WRIGHT TO AN INFANT EXPIRING THE SECOND DAY OF ITS BIRTH by MEHETABEL (WESLEY) WRIGHT THE STIRRUP-CUP by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE ICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON ALNWICK CASTLE by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK PICTURES FROM APPLEDORE: 1 by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE by AMELIA OPIE IN PROGRESS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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