On Female Inconstancy (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Rich, thou hadst many lovers -- poor, hast none,
So surely want extinguishes the flame,
And she who call'd thee once her pretty one,
And her Adonis, now inquires thy name.
Where wast thou born, Socicrates, and where,
In what strange country can thy parents live,
Who seem'st, by thy complaints, not yet aware
That want's a crime no woman can forgive?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 351 |
Words | 64 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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