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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY MUSE (WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE SHADE OF COLONEL LOVELACE), by AUSTIN PHILIPS First Line: Deem me not fickle, in that I Last Line: My bread-and-butter more! Subject(s): Food & Eating; Lovelace, Richard (1618-1657); Muses; Survival | |||
DEEM me not fickle, in that I No more frequent thy shrine, Not yet, reproachful, ask me why I seldom pen a line. Thy cult doth call for leisured hands, And, since man must be fed, A stern necessity demands I earn my daily bread. Yet this neglect doth no-wise prove That thee I less adore, But that, though true to thee, I love My bread-and-butter more! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DIFFICULT LAND by EDWIN MUIR TWO PICTURES OF A LEAF by MARVIN BELL THE CELLAR by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE PALLOR OF SURVIVAL by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SUCCESFUL SPECIES by JOHN CIARDI SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MEETING AFTER THE SAVIOR GONE by LUCILLE CLIFTON A BALLADE OF GREEN FIELDS; FOR F.W.M. by AUSTIN PHILIPS |
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