Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SPOILED MAN, by LOUIS JONES MAGEE First Line: Rose has left me alone in this library corner Last Line: Now for the tea! Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
ROSE has left me alone in this library corner, With the last magazine, and orders to smoke; But I can't relish even the latest of Warner, Or laugh at a joke. I, who once waited for weeks without seeing Rose, who is near me now day after day, Find myself all out of tune at her being An hour away. This story, she's sure to ask if I've read it; I'd much rather not, but I promised I would: Very likely the hero's perfection, she said it Would do me good. Read of devotion now when I am giving it All to the Rose who shall be my wife? Read of love when one is having it, living it In one's life? Hark! That's her waltz that somebody's humming Down the long hallway; ah, surely, I hear Her footstep, the swing of her gown! she is coming, -- Is here! . . . . . Before I tell you, dear, how I have missed you, I'll finish this verse -- find a rhyme for me; Well, just to have done with, we'll end it in "Kissed you;" Now for the tea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A FAMILY FAVORITE by LOUIS JONES MAGEE |
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