Of this is Day composed 1
A morning and a noon
A Revelry unspeakable
And then a gay unknown
Whose Pomps allure and spurn 5
And dower and deprive
And penury for Glory
Remedilessly leave.
A morning and a noon
A Revelry unspeakable
And then a gay unknown
Whose Pomps allure and spurn 5
And dower and deprive
And penury for Glory
Remedilessly leave.
(F.1692/J.1675)
[1] Day:: the period of a person's life.
[2] morning:: the beginning (of a maid's life). noon:: the peak.
[3] Revelry unspeakable:: unethical merry-making (sex before marriage).
[4] gay unknown:: a joy never experienced before, first sex.
[5] Pomps:: splendors of sex.
[6] dower:: a child left to the woman. deprive:: abortion.
[7, 8] Glory, leave:: shame left for the unwed mother.