Living
Madam, If You Please
LivingLove
Madam if you please
To hear such things as these.
Madam, I have a rival sad,
And if you don’t take my part it will made me mad.
He says he well send his son;
But if he does I will get me a gun.
Madam if you please to pity,
O poor Kitty, O poor Kitty!
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Codex Note
A comic eight-line rhyme that is reported to be Smart's first verse, written in about 1726 when he was four years old.
Cite this poem
MLA
Smart, Christopher. “Madam, If You Please.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/smart/29/.
Chicago
Smart, Christopher. “Madam, If You Please.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/smart/29/.
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