What need we marry Women, when Without their use we may have men? And such as will in short time be, For murder fit, or mutinie; As Cadmus once a new way found, By throwing teeth into the ground: (From which poore seed, and rudely sown) Sprung up a War-like Nation. So let us Yron, Silver, Gold, Brasse, Leade, or Tinne, throw into th' mould; And we shall see in little space Rise up of men, a fighting race. If this can be, say then, what need Have we of Women or their seed? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...QUATORZAINS: 5. TO NIGHT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE PAINS OF SLEEP by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER THE SHADOW ON THE STONE by THOMAS HARDY BETSY'S BATTLE FLAG by MINNA IRVING THE REALM OF FANCY by JOHN KEATS |