HOW cruel are the parents <br />Who riches only prize, <br />And to the wealthy booby <br />Poor Woman sacrifice! <br />Meanwhile, the hapless Daughter <br />Has but a choice of strife; <br />To shun a tyrant Father's hate— <br />Become a wretched Wife. <br /> <br /> <br />The ravening hawk pursuing, <br />The trembling dove thus flies, <br />To shun impelling ruin, <br />Awhile her pinions tries; <br />Till, of escape despairing, <br />No shelter or retreat, <br />She trusts the ruthless Falconer, <br />And drops beneath his feet.<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-cruel-are-the-parents/
