Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOST AT THE FAIR, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY Poet's Biography First Line: Last night at the fair did I lose thee, my honey Last Line: I kiss'd, sung, and linked with her home from the fair. Subject(s): Festivals; Loss; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Worry; Fairs; Pageants; Male-female Relations | ||||||||
Last night at the Fair did I lose thee, my honey. I hunted thee south and I hunted thee north; I'd rather than lost thee have lost all the money That all the great lords in the kingdom are worth. Chorus Heart-sorry in worry and flurry did hurry Poor I, like a wild thing lost, here and there, When Rosy the cosy, sweet Rosy the posy And pride of her Robin, was miss'd at the Fair Resolved to discover the fleet-footed rover, My way thro' the stalls, shows, and people I wound; But there 'mid ways many, the rarest of any, No image like Rose's sweet image was found. Chorus Heart-sorry in worry and flurry, etc. With glee the inns sounded, with joyance unbounded Danced maiden and callant; I into them glanced; But who was who barely I saw, tho' saw fairly That no one like Rose with the dancers danced. Chorus Heart-sorry in worry and flurry, etc. In search of my honey I spent all my money, Then took to the road in a spirit of gloom, When lo, with my Rosy I met, and the posy, I kiss'd her and cuddled her all the way home. Chorus Heart-sorry in worry and flurry did hurry Poor I, like a wild thing lost, here and there; Till lo, with my Rosy I met, and the posy I kiss'd, sung, and linked with her home from the Fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS |
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