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TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH A PRESENT OF TWO COCKSCOMBS by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWO COCKSCOMBS WAIT AT YOUR COMMAND
Last Line: BUT THEN, TO MAKE AMENDS, THEY BOTH ARE MUTE.
Subject(s): COCKSCOMBS (PLANTS);

MADAM,--Two Cockscombs wait at your command,
And, what is strange, both dressed by Nature's hand;
Like other fops they dread a hasty shower,
And beg a refuge in your closest bower;
Showy like them, like them they yield no fruit,
But then, to make amends, they both are mute.



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