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Poem
October 12, 1821
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A comic occasional poem by George Canning, written when he was young and placed on a young lady's plate on her wedding morning, playfully acknowledging her gift of plush for shooting-breeches and wishing the marriage wear as well and last as long.
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From the Liverpool Mercury,
Lines written by the Right Honorable George Canning, when a young man, and placed, by him, on the plate of a young Lady, on the morning of her marriage, she having, a few days before, presented him with a piece of plush, to make a pair of shooting-breeches of.
When all on this auspicious day,
Well pleased, their grateful homage pay,
And sweetly smile, and softly say,
A thousand pleasant speeches,
My muse shall touch her tuneful strings,
For scorn the gift her duty brings
A pair of shooting-breeches.
Soon shall the tailor's mystic art
Have fashion'd them in every part,
And made them tight, and spruce, and smart,
With twenty thousand stitches:
Then mark the moral of my song;
Oh may your loves but prove as strong,
And wear as well, and last as long,
As these my shooting-breeches.
And when, to ease this load of life;
I take unto myself a wife,
I ask nor rank nor riches;
Temper like thine alone I pray.
Temper like thine, serene and gay,
Inclined, like thine, to give away.
Not wear, thyself, the breeches!
Lines written by the Right Honorable George Canning, when a young man, and placed, by him, on the plate of a young Lady, on the morning of her marriage, she having, a few days before, presented him with a piece of plush, to make a pair of shooting-breeches of.
When all on this auspicious day,
Well pleased, their grateful homage pay,
And sweetly smile, and softly say,
A thousand pleasant speeches,
My muse shall touch her tuneful strings,
For scorn the gift her duty brings
A pair of shooting-breeches.
Soon shall the tailor's mystic art
Have fashion'd them in every part,
And made them tight, and spruce, and smart,
With twenty thousand stitches:
Then mark the moral of my song;
Oh may your loves but prove as strong,
And wear as well, and last as long,
As these my shooting-breeches.
And when, to ease this load of life;
I take unto myself a wife,
I ask nor rank nor riches;
Temper like thine alone I pray.
Temper like thine, serene and gay,
Inclined, like thine, to give away.
Not wear, thyself, the breeches!
What sub-type of article is it?
Light Verse
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Satire Society
What keywords are associated?
George Canning Poem
Wedding Verses
Shooting Breeches
Comic Epithalamium
What entities or persons were involved?
Right Honorable George Canning
Poem Details
Author
Right Honorable George Canning
Subject
On The Morning Of A Young Lady's Marriage, Acknowledging Her Gift Of A Piece Of Plush To Make Shooting Breeches
Form / Style
Rhymed Stanzas In Short Octosyllabic Lines With A Repeated Breeches Refrain
Key Lines
Oh May Your Loves But Prove As Strong, / And Wear As Well, And Last As Long, / As These My Shooting Breeches.
Not Wear, Thyself, The Breeches!