{"id":971,"date":"2024-05-24T23:38:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=971"},"modified":"2024-07-30T19:36:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T19:36:37","slug":"i-depend-not-on-the-vows-of-artful-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=971","title":{"rendered":"I-Depend-Not-on-the-Vows-of-Artful-Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1211\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-747\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-640x303.jpg 640w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-1320x625.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-1536x727.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20231103_165508smaller-1-2048x969.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:100px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">POETRY AT MIAMI<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-extra-large-font-size wp-elements-a63dee9edbbfa1289c70b0a4277cebbf\"><strong>&#8220;Depend not on the Vows of Artful Women!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide-wrap\" data-block=\"columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:600px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Depend-not-on-the-vows.png\" alt=\"Depend not on the vows of artful women! Oh! She can blast more joys in a smile, Disturb more peaceful bosoms with a look Than time can count on. Oh fatal hour that brought this fatal curse, And so connected it with human works That each must be partaken in these wiles, Which surely bring destruction in the end! Oh man! what art thou?\u2013 If by the single varying of a muscle, Tho\u2019 only so much as will feed desire, Without the faintest shadow of a hope, Thou fetterest with thy very life thy poison. Gracious and just Omnipotent! for what end, For what purpose, was I created? To be the friend, the willing tool of ruthless woman To study her desires: To please her follies: To count each nod, and gratify each wish; And still to be detested, shun\u2019d and mock\u2019d\u2013 Why this would make an angel fret, And yet I live,\u2013experience\u2013pray to live, Still keeping in the wanton tracks of folly, But I will end it though non-existence follow.\" class=\"wp-image-558\" style=\"width:534px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Depend-not-on-the-vows.png 925w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Depend-not-on-the-vows-640x655.png 640w, https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Depend-not-on-the-vows-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Davy,&#8221; 1829<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-style-default\" style=\"padding-top:1em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default\" style=\"flex-basis:440px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-abs-no-gap-vertical has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-60a7b344fa98a35ebf4fc2a85cdb8bf2\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;line-height:1.5\"><strong>\u201cDepend not on the Vows of Artful Women\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-abs-no-gap-vertical has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-debc3748b9ea86be83f7db6ce6548208\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;line-height:1.5\"><strong>&#8220;Davy&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-9a07d2fdd520d35798697a81b0ab13c7\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;line-height:1.5\"><strong><em>The Literary Register<\/em> (April 4,  1829, Oxford Ohio), 120.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ec6fd43d1860be1622b8f85ad893ff65\" style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.6\"><a>Early Miami publications such the <em>Literary Register<\/em> printed both poetry and correspondence from anonymous contributors. In 1829, the <em>Register<\/em> printed a letter in which \u201cAmelia\u201d shares this poem that she explains was written by a \u201cvain and self-important\u201d male poet who, having been spurned as a suitor, composed a misogynistic poem on the \u201cwiles\u201d of women. In <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.miamioh.edu\/digital\/collection\/mustudent\/id\/2407\/rec\/3\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.miamioh.edu\/digital\/collection\/mustudent\/id\/2407\/rec\/3\">her letter<\/a><a>, <\/a>Amelia describes this poem as \u201creally disgusting,\u201d and deserving of public shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-2ae66bf3d37a8221823db11bc56cd6ca\" style=\"line-height:1.6\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=967\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"967\">Previous<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/\">Home<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/poetryatmiami.net\/?page_id=976\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"976\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n&#8220;Depend not on the Vows of Artful Women!&#8221; \u201cDepend not on the Vows of Artful Women\u201d &#8220;Davy&#8221; The Literary Register (April 4, 1829, Oxford Ohio), 120. 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