Prithee sweet maid Pt 2 The answer

narrative verse

 

Prithee sweet maid. The answer.

 

M y father thinketh thou worthy.

Mother agrees reluctantly

but sayeth I am too young to wed.

 

The cream of aristocracy

can boast no better blood than thee.

Or so my father’s friends have said.

 

Me thinks thou art a worthy match,

As fine as any maid could catch.

Thy interest turneth my head.

 

Although I am of tender years

 and not well versed in love’s affairs.

I think my answer must be yea.

 

I wouldst that thou should pay me court.

With my duenna as escort

We must observe proprieties.

 

I send this message to thee by hand.

Because I truly understand.

Thou waiteth right impatiently.

 

In thus wise was my future sealed.

My joyfulness was unconcealed.

I know my parents were relieved.

 

That I had chosen suitably

and that I’d acted honourably

but that there was no need for haste.

 

My mother bids me that I must

 take the time to earn thy trust

and pay thee court respectfully.

 

Advice which I should not ignore.

I’ve never been in love before.

 There is so much I do not know.

 

Although I long to hold thee close

 I may not until Propose

 and thou accepteth formally

 

 Then we can choose the wedding day

 and let our parents have their way

 To plan a splendid wedding feast.

 

When I received thy welcome note.

My heart rose up into my throat

I was afraid thou wouldst decline.

 

Bu thou did not thou answered Yea.

I saddled up and straight away

Rode over to see thee post haste.

 

We shared our first kiss eagerly

 although somewhat hesitantly.

A foretaste of delights to come.

 

 Now we must wait expectantly

 and on my part impatiently.

Until the day that we are wed.

 

This promise I will make to thee

that I shall love thee faithfully.

As long as I have life and breath

 

 I bring my story to its close

 a happy ending I suppose.

Is what my readers want of me.

 

03/07/2009

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