Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688 / England)
Poems of Thomas Flatman
| 1. | Advice To An Old Man of Sixty Three About To Marry a Girle of Sixteen | 1/1/2004 |
| 2. | The Batchelors Song | 1/13/2003 |
| 3. | The Sad Day | 1/4/2003 |
The Batchelors Song
Like a Dog with a bottle, fast ti'd to his tail,
Like Vermin in a trap, or a Thief in a Jail,
Or like a Tory in a Bog,
Or an Ape with a Clog:
Such is the man, who when he might go free,
Does his liberty loose,
For a Matrimony noose,
And sels himself into Captivity;
The Dog he do's howl, when his bottle do's jog,
