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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS SON, VINCENT CORBET, ON HIS THIRD BIRTHDAY, by RICHARD CORBET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What I shall leave thee none can tell Last Line: As innocent as now thou art. Alternate Author Name(s): Corbett, Richard Variant Title(s): A Father's Blessing Subject(s): Parents; Parenthood | |||
WHAT I shall leave thee, none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well; I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health; Nor too much wealth nor wit come to thee, So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct and know; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces. Thy father's fortunes and his places. I wish thee friends, and one at court, Not to build on, but support; To keep thee not in doing many Oppressions, but from suffering any. I wish thee peace in all thy ways, Nor lazy nor contentious days; And, when thy soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET |
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