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Madam, Withouten Many Words

David McKee Wright 1869 – 1928



Madam, withouten many words
Once I am sure ye will or no ...
And if ye will, then leave your bourds
And use your wit and show it so,
And with a beck ye shall me call;
And if of one that burneth alway
Ye have any pity at all,
Answer him fair with & {.} or nay.
If it be &, {.} I shall be fain;
If it be nay, friends as before;
Ye shall another man obtain,
And I mine own and yours no more.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCDCEFGFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 385
Words 90
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

David McKee Wright

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