MARIA, just at twenty, swore That no man less than six feet four Should be her chosen one. At thirty she is glad to fix A spouse exactly four feet six, As better far than none! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A BUST OF DANTE by THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS LUKE HAVERGAL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON AS NIGHT COMES by CHARLES G. ADAMS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): REMORSE by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 47 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TO SIGURD by KATHARINE LEE BATES LINES WRITTEN IN SWITZERLAND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |