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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VALENTINIAN: EPILOGUE, by JOHN FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: We would fain please ye, and as fain be pleased Last Line: Hold ye awhile, until a better may. Subject(s): Plays & Playwrights ; Dramatists | |||
WE would fain please ye, and as fain be pleased; 'Tis but a little liking, both are eased: We have your money, and you have our ware, And, to our understanding, good and fair. For your own wisdom's sake, be not so mad To acknowledge ye have bought things dear and bad. Let not a brack i' the stuff, or here and there The fading gloss, a general loss appear: We know ye take up worse commodities, And dearer pay, yet think your bargains wise; We know, in meat and wine ye fling away More time and wealth, which is but dearer pay, And with the reckoning all the pleasure lost. We bid ye not unto repenting cost: The price is easy, and so light the play, That ye may new-digest it every day. Then, noble friends, as ye would choose a miss, Only to please the eye a while and kiss, 'Till a good wife be got; so let this play Hold ye awhile, until a better may. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL ASPATIA'S SONG, FR. THE MAID'S TRAEGDY by JOHN FLETCHER |
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