Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONGS IN ABSENCE: 2, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH



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First Line: Ye flags of piccadilly
Last Line: You were underneath me now!
Subject(s): Homesickness; London


YE flags of Piccadilly,
Where I posted up and down,
And wished myself so often
Well away from you and town, --

Are the people walking quietly
And steady on their feet,
Cabs and omnibuses plying
Just as usual in the street!

Do the houses look as upright
As of old they used to be,
And does nothing seem affected
By the pitching of the sea?

Through the Green Park iron railings
Do the quick pedestrians pass?
Are the little children playing
Round the plane-tree in the grass?

This squally wild north-wester
With which our vessel fights,
Does it merely serve with you to
Carry up some paper kites?

Ye flags of Piccadilly,
Which I hated so, I vow
I could wish with all my heart
You were underneath me now!





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