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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REVERIES OF A BACHELOR, by W. C. NICHOLS First Line: Before my eyes she flits in grace Last Line: Well -- it's the same old ballet-girl! | |||
BEFORE my eyes she flits in grace Like to some nymph in arbored Thrace, Her youthful visage all aglow With pleasure, as row after row Of men applaud the skirt's deft twirl, And dancing of the ballet-girl. Then quick upon my inward eye, In many a rosy-colored dye, There flash the pictures of my youth, -- My college days, -- when I, forsooth, Would oft in pleasure's vortex whirl, And worship every ballet-girl. . . . . . . . . . These things I'm fancying to-night Are not results of firelight. Ah, no! -- I'm fifty, and with glee Still to the ballet go, and see, As the soft smoke-wreaths upward curl -- Well -- it's the same old ballet-girl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MAIDEN MEDITATION by W. C. NICHOLS SONG OF THE SINNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SONNET: ON A FAMILY PICTURE by THOMAS EDWARDS LET THE LIGHT ENTER (THE DYING WORDS OF GOETHE) by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER KEATS; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SONNET: 17. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER by JOHN MILTON ROLL-CALL by NATHANIEL GRAHAM SHEPHERD SATIRE: 3. TO SIR FRANCIS BRIAN by THOMAS WYATT TWELVE SONNETS: 8 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ON H---- THE PICK THANK by WILLIAM BLAKE PROLOGUE. INTENDED FOR A DRAMATIC PIECE OF KING EDWARD THE FOURTH by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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