Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GEOGRAPHIC QUESTION, by ANONYMOUS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A GEOGRAPHIC QUESTION, by                    
First Line: "a maiden once, with eyes of blue"
Last Line: Degrees down there are n't bigger
Subject(s): Geography;history;household Employees; Historians;servants;domestics;maids


A MAIDEN once, with eyes of blue,
And mischief a suggestion,
Propounded all her friends unto
A geographic question.
"Why all degrees of latitude
Were longer at th' equator?"
Their answers brought beatitude
And highly did elate her:

For Mr. Smithson talked to her —
With knowledge was he sated —
"'T was due to a parabola,"
He wisely demonstrated;
And Mr. Whyte, he murmured much
Of "radial defections,"
While Robinson, with dainty touch,
Discoursed of conic sections;

Then Mr. Browning flowery grew,
And filled himself with glory
By telling much more than he knew —
It was a wondrous story!

. . . . . . . .

But all sit now disconsolate,
And cut a woful figure —
They've learned, when it was all too late,
Degrees down there aren't bigger.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net