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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE MOST HONOURABLE THE EARL OF OXFORD, by JOHN GAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm no more to converse with the swains Last Line: Pray, my lord, how much money will do? Subject(s): Harley, Robert. 1st Earl Of Oxford; Money; Mortimer, Earl Of | |||
(THE LORD HIGH TREASURER) The Epigrammatical Petition of your Lordship's most humble servant, I'M no more to converse with the swains, But go where fine people resort; One can live without money on plains, But never without it at court. Yet if when with swains I did gambol, I array'd me in silver and blue, When abroad and in courts I shall ramble, Pray, my Lord, how much money will do? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VERSES IN THE SCRIBLERIAN MANNER (1) by ALEXANDER POPE VERSES IN THE SCRIBLERIAN MANNER (2) by ALEXANDER POPE FABLES: 1ST SER. 5. THE WILD BOAR AND THE RAM by JOHN GAY LESSER EPISTLES: TO A LADY ON HER PASSION FOR OLD CHINA by JOHN GAY LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY LESSER EPISTLES: TO BERNARD LINTOTT by JOHN GAY THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: SONG. AIR 16: OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY by JOHN GAY |
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