Is this the sir, who, some waste wife to win, A knighthood bought, to go a-wooing in? 'Tis Luckless, he that took up one on band To pay at's day of marriage. By my hand The knight-wright's cheated then: he'll never pay. Yes, now he wears his knighthood every day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HYMN OF THE CITY by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE BATTLE-FIELD by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT MONADNOC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON GRACE FOR CHILDREN by ROBERT HERRICK LOGOGRIPH by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |