When an old man takes a young wife how can she bear his thin hair when an old woman weds a young man how can he stand her dried-up face but when an old man takes an old wife neither abandons the other and when a young girl weds a young man both show the other affection | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND by BEN JONSON TO SIR HENRY CARY by BEN JONSON TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT THOOR BALLYLEE (1) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE WESTERN JOURNALIST by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ODE; SUNG BY THE CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS by W. T. ADAMS |