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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me, my caelia, why so coy Last Line: Nor know a second spring. Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Spinsters; Youth; Male-female Relations; Old Maids | |||
TELL me, my Cælia, why so coy, Of men so much afraid; Cælia, 'tis better far to die A mother than a maid. The rose, when past its damask hue, Is always out of favour; And when the plum hath lost its blue, It loses too its flavour. To vernal flow'rs the rolling years Returning beauty bring; But faded once, thou'lt bloom no more, Nor know a second spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF A SPINSTER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON EMILY HARDCASTLE, SPINSTER by JOHN CROWE RANSOM SOME FOREIGN LETTERS by ANNE SEXTON PASSPORT BLUES by MALCOLM COWLEY A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY MY AUNT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES MEZZO CAMMIN by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER by NATHANIEL COTTON |
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