Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SALAD: BROW, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS First Line: O cool in the summer is salad Last Line: And eggs -- boil 'em hard. Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer Subject(s): Food & Eating | ||||||||
O COOL in the summer is salad, And warm in the winter is love; And a poet shall sing you a ballad Delicious thereon and thereof. A singer am I, if no sinner, My muse has a marvellous wing, And I willingly worship at dinner The Sirens of Spring. Take endive -- like love it is bitter, Take beet -- for like love it is red; Crisp leaf of the lettuce shall glitter, And cress from the rivulet's bed; Anchovies, foam-born, like the lady Whose beauty has maddened this bard; And olives, from groves that are shady; And eggs -- boil 'em hard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by MATTHEA HARVEY CANDIED YAMS' by TERRANCE HAYES DINNER OF HERBS by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE BANQUET SONG by KENNETH KOCH SPLITTING AN ORDER by TED KOOSER IF by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS |
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