Modest, and fair, for fair and good are near Neighbours, howe'er. No noble virtue ever was alone, But two in one. Then, when I praise sweet modesty, I praise Bright beauty's rays: And having praised both beauty and modesty, I have praised thee. Silence in woman, is like speech in man, Deny it who can. Nor, is it a tale, That female vice should be a virtue male, Or masculine vice, a female virtue be: You shall it see Proved with increase, I know to speak, and she to hold her peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD BOOTH TO HIS SON JUNIUS BRUTUS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EVENING (1) by EMILY DICKINSON FOR THE BAPTIST by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN IN HOSPITAL: 23. MUSIC by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 101 by OMAR KHAYYAM EPITAPH FOR LINCOLN by WALT WHITMAN THE BELFRY PIGEON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS |