Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Counseil to a BachelorMarianne Moore
From “Pouters and Fantails”
Elizabethan Trencher Motto—Bodleian Library: [with title and modification of second line]
Elizabethan Trencher Motto—Bodleian Library: [with title and modification of second line]
I
If thou bee olde, then no wyfe gett;
For younge mens’ wyves will not bee taught,
And olde mens’ wyves bee good for naught.