Praise and Prayer
July 6, 2023A Song
July 6, 2023Ladies In Arms
LET us live, live! for, being dead,
The pretty spots,
Ribbons and knots,
And the fine French dress for the head,
No lady wears upon her
In the cold, cold bed of honour.
Beat down our grottos, and hew down our bowers,
Dig up our arbours, and root up our flowers;
Our gardens are bulwarks and bastions become;
Then hang up our lute, we must sing to the drum.
Our patches and our curls,
So exact in each station,
Our powders and our purls,
Are now out of fashion.
Hence with our needles, and give us your spades;
We, that were ladies, grow coarse as our maids.
Our coaches have driven us to balls at the court,
We now must drive barrows to earth up the fort.
William Davenant
William Davenant (1606-1668) was an English poet, playwright, and theater manager who was best known for his plays, which were written in the style of William Shakespeare. He was also known for his epic poem "Gondibert," which was one of the first English poems to use the heroic couplet. Davenant was a prominent figure in the English literary scene of the mid-17th century.