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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAIDEN'S CHOICE, by HENRY FIELDING Poet's Biography First Line: Genteel in personage Last Line: But ever true. Subject(s): Ideals | |||
Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage; Noble by heritage; Generous and free; Brave, not romantic; Learned, not pedantic; Frolic, not frantic,— This must be he. Honor maintaining, Meanness disdaining, Still entertaining, Engaging and new; Neat, but finical; Sage, but not cynical; Never tyrannical, But ever true. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE (1) by HENRY FIELDING THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING A PIPE OF TOBACCO by HENRY FIELDING EPISTLE TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE (2) by HENRY FIELDING HUNTING SONG, FR. DON QUIXOTE IN ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING ON A HALFPENNY WHICH A YOUNG LADY GAVE A BEGGAR, WHICH AUTHOR REDEEMED by HENRY FIELDING LOVE'S MIRACLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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