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Sun Feb 22 2026

Poem of the day

Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXIX. Love And Matrimony.

    "Madam, I am come to court you,
    If your favour I can gain."
    "Ah, Ah!" said she, "you are a bold fellow,
    If I e'er see your face again!"

    "Madam, I have rings and diamonds,
    Madam, I have houses and land,
    Madam, I have a world of treasure,
    All shall be at your command."

    "I care not for rings and diamonds,
    I care not for houses and lands,
    I care not for a world of treasure,
    So that I have but a handsome man."

    "Madam, you think much of beauty,
    Beauty hasteneth to decay,
    For the fairest of flowers that grow in summer
    Will decay and fade away."

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