Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANTONIO, by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS Poet's Biography First Line: Antonio, antonio, / was tired of living alonio Last Line: In the anticatartical zonio. Alternate Author Name(s): Richards, Laura E. Subject(s): Courtship | ||||||||
Antonio, Antonio, Was tired of living alonio. He thought he would woo Miss Lissamy Loo Miss Lissamy Lucy Molonio. Antonio, Antonio, Rode off on his polo-ponio. He found a fair maid In a bowery shade, A-sitting and knitting alonio. Antonio, Antonio, Said, "If you will be my ownio, I'll love you true, And I'll buy for you, An icery creamery conio!" "Oh, nonio, Antonio! ... You're fare too bleak and bonio! And all that I wish, You singular fish, Is that you will quickly begonio." Antonio, Antonio, He uttered a dismal moanio; Then ran off and hid (Or I'm told that he did) In the Anticatartical Zonio. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU WALK OUT ONE MORNING by GLYN MAXWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARJORIE'S WOOING by EMMA LAZARUS THE FORTUNATE SPILL by MARILYN NELSON REQUEST TO LEDA by DYLAN THOMAS A VALENTINE by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS MOLLY PITCHER [JUNE 28, 1778] by LAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDS |
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