Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DURING THE QUARREL, by ANONYMOUS


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DURING THE QUARREL, by                    
First Line: "I hope, when we go down to dinner"
Last Line: "I hope she'll accept my devotion: / then, oh to still opposite nell!"
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism


I HOPE, when we go down to dinner
To discuss eight courses or more, --
I fervently hope this poor sinner
Won't have to sit next to a bore.
I hope she'll be stylish and pretty,
I hope she won't know any Greek;
I hope she'll be clever and witty,
I hope she can talk like a streak.

I hope her "papa" has some money,
I hope she'll be modest but gay;
I hope she'll smile when I'm funny,
I hope she will not be outre;
I hope she's been "over the ocean;"
I hope -- well, I'm willing to tell, --
I hope she'll accept my devotion:
Then, oh to sit opposite Nell!





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