Ball, dances
Blooming romances
Songs, quadrilles,
Laces! All the frills.
Officers in red coats
Knocking at the door.
Hold steady my heart!
Do not drop to the floor.
Five pretty ladies,
I have to marry
A father’s job failed
Let me to tarry.
A handful of husbands is what I need
Unless a rich one we get,
Who spends his income
Easily, with no regrets!
For my youth is not completely gone
I can still enjoy years to come
But I deserve more than regular food
Like a French chef to impress the neighborhood!
For bearing five pretty ladies
Is no easy task.
I say, ask around,
I dare you, will you ask?
As long as none of them will vex me
With their frothy thoughts and state-of-flight,
Be it Mary with her sermons or Lizzy being feisty
Beware mamas, I shall succeed with all my might.
If all else should fail,
I still have Jane
For why would she be so beautiful
If nothing of it became?
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All Things Jane Austen 
Much as I adore Darcy and Elizabeth (and who wouldn’t), I absolutely LOVE this! I sometimes think that the comical or even the not very nice characters are so much more fun to write about!
I think this expresses Mrs B really well throughout, but I think the closing lines are just genius!!
“If all else should fail,
I still have Jane
For why would she be so beautiful
If nothing of it became?”
❤ it!!
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I know, right! They are more fun. I think I did have an “eureka” moment when I finished this one. So glad you enjoyed it!
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The impertinent and lovely Mrs. Bennet! Rita you are overcoming yourself with your poetry!
PS: como você sabe escrever em inglês não é a minha praia, espero, portanto, que o sentido “se superando” esteja correto. Beijocas!
PS2: continuo não recebendo a assinatura por email, mas como sempre arrumo um jeito, você está no meu leitor de notícias, o Feedly.
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Puxa Raquel. Será que os outros estão?
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Lovely, funny ode Rita. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Thanks for reading it!
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