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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LADY GOES TO THE PLAY, by ARTHUR KETCHUM First Line: With the link-boys running on before Last Line: She feels her heart beat louder. | |||
WITH the link-boys running on before To light her on her way, A-lounging in her sedan goes Belinda to the play. In patch and powder, puff and frill, From satin shoe to hair, Of all the maids in London town I wot there's none so fair! From Mayfair down along the Strand To Covent Garden's light, Where Master David Garrick acts In a new role to-night, The swinging sedan takes its way, And with expectant air Belinda fans, and wonders who To-night there will be there. Sir Charles, perhaps, or, happy thought, Flushing thro' her powder, He might come in -- beneath her stays She feels her heart beat louder. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GEORGE DU MAURIER by ARTHUR KETCHUM TO AUSTIN DOBSON by ARTHUR KETCHUM POETICAL ABSTRACTS: 2. METAPHYSICAL by HAYDEN CARRUTH OLD TRAILS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON WILLOW POEM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ODE TO THE SWALLOW by ANACREON SONG OF THE FATHERLAND by ERNST MORITZ ARNDT TO ONE WHO DIED LAST YEAR by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD SONG OF THE DOVE by FREDRIKA BREMER |
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