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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON MRS. WALKER'S POEMS: PARTICULARLY THAT ON THE AUTHOR, by CHRISTOPHER PITT First Line: Blush, wilmot, blush; a female muse Last Line: The breeches and the bays. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Women - Writers | |||
BLUSH, Wilmot, blush; a female muse, Without one guilty line, The tender theme of love pursues In softer strains than thine. 'Tis thine the passion to blaspheme, 'Tis her's with wit and ease (When a mere nothing is the theme) Beyond thyself to please. Then be to her the prize decreed, Whose merit has prevail'd; For what male poet can succeed, If Rochester has fail'd? Since Phoebus quite forgetful grows, And has not yet thought fit, In his high wisdom, to impose A salique law on wit; Since of your thoughts he takes no care, Ye Priors, Popes, and Gays; 'Tis hard! -- but let the women wear The breeches and the bays. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRECHSTIMME (COUNTESS OF DIA) by ANNE WALDMAN THE WOMAN WHO WROTE TOO MUCH by KAY RYAN EPIGRAM: LADY BIOGRAPHER by WILLIAM JAY SMITH MRS. NASSAU SENIOR by ANNIE MATHESON SAPPHO BURNS HER BOOKS AND CULTIVATES THE CULINARY ARTS by ELIZABETH MOODY MAIDENHEAD: WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF A FRIEND by JOAN PHILIPS LIFE'S SONGS by ELETHA MAE TAYLOR ON SIR J- S- SAYING IN A SARCASTIC MANNER, MY BOOKS WOULD MAKE ME MAD by ELIZABETH THOMAS IMITATION OF SPENSER by CHRISTOPHER PITT |
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