Stanzas - To the Memory of an agreeable Lady, buried in marriage to a Person undeserving her
William Shenstone 1714 (Halesowen) – 1763 (Halesowen)
'Twas always held, and ever will,
By sage mankind, discreeter
To anticipate a lesser ill
Than undergo a greater.
When mortals dread disease, pain,
And languishing conditions,
Who don't the lesser ills sustain
Of physic-and physicians?
Rather than lose his whole estate,
He that but little wise is,
Full gladly pays four parts in eight,
To taxes and excises.
Our merchants Spain has near undone,
For lost ships not requiting;
This bears our noble King to shun
The loss of blood-in fighting!
With numerous ills, in single life,
The bachelor's attended;
Such to avoid, he takes a wife-
And much the case is mended!
Poor Gratia, in her twentieth year,
Foreseeing future woe,
Chose to attend a monkey here,
Before an ape below.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IXIX BJBJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 707 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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