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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREARY SONG, by MARGARET SACKVILLE Poet's Biography
First Line: When ragged is the country and tawdry is / the town
Last Line: "but nobody is listening—let's die and disappear."
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Queen Anne's Lace; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: When ragged is the country and tawdry is / the town
Last Line: "but nobody is listening—let's die and disappear."
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Queen Anne's Lace; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
WHEN ragged is the country and tawdry is the town,
When every heart is broken and Hope goes dressed in brown,
Beneath a chilly hedge-row some Sunday afternoon
We'll sit and mope together and sing a dismal tune:
"Pan's dancing days are over, the grass is no more green,
And nothing's left to happen since everything has been,
And Lucy's lost her locket and Polly's hair's turned grey,
And Georgie Porgie kissed the girls and after ran away.
"Deeds crumble and dreams dwindle, Queen Anne is really dead,
There's nothing left to comfort us save Beef and Beer and Bread,
And everyday's like Sunday and Sunday's like a year:—
But nobody is listening—let's die and disappear."
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