Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUNG FANNY, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY Poet's Biography First Line: A change hath come over young fanny Last Line: "the reason we mortals may know." Subject(s): Change; Character | ||||||||
A change hath come over young Fanny, The yellow-hair'd lass of the Dene. Erewhile she look'd cosy and canny, But now what aileth the queen? Erewhile she'd the bearing which blesses The heart of the weary and worn, Now all Percy Main she distresses, And burdens the air with her scorn. Erewhile she was sweet as the lily, And mild as the lamb on the lea, Now sour as the docken, and truly More fierce than a tiger is she. Erewhile she would play with the kitten, Averse to contention and strife, Now Tab on the house-top is sitting And dare not come down for her life. "What aileth the jewel?" quoth granny; "What aileth the winds when they blow? When the reason's no secret to Fanny, The reason we mortals may know." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORAL ESSAYS: EPISTLE 2. TO A LADY: OF THE CHARACTERS OF WOMEN by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF DOMINEERING JOHN ALEXIS UPHAM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A CHARACTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES HIDDEN TALENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON SKETCH OF HIS OWN CHARACTER by THOMAS GRAY RUGGED FACES by MARY R. HARTMAN HEREDITY by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS DUALITY; FROM ME SPRING GOOD AND EVIL by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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