Living
Upon Playing at Ombre with Two Ladies
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
I KNOW that Fortune long has wanted sight.
And therefore pardon'd, when She did not right;
But yet till then it never did appear,
That as She wanted Eyes, She could not Hear.
I begg'd, that She would give me leave to lose,
A thing She does not commonly refuse :
Two Matadores are out against my game.
Yet still I play, and still my Luck's the same :
Unconquer'd in Three suits it does remain ;
Whereas I only ask in One to gain ;
Yet She still contradicting, Gifts imparts;
And gives success in ev'ry suit — but Hearts.
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Prior, Matthew. “Upon Playing at Ombre with Two Ladies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/prior/230/.
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