Maid of Gotham, Ere We Part
Maid of Gotham, ere we part. Have a hospitable heart — Since our own delights must end, Introduce me to your friend.
Samuel Hoffenstein
Maid of Gotham, ere we part. Have a hospitable heart — Since our own delights must end, Introduce me to your friend.
Samuel Hoffenstein’s four-line poem is a witty, slightly naughty goodbye. The speaker addresses a woman he calls “Maid of Gotham” and asks her, before they part, to “have a hospitable heart.” The reason is blunt: since the pleasure they’ve shared is bound to end anyway, she should do him one last…
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