Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A PICTURE, by ANONYMOUS


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TO A PICTURE, by                    
First Line: "lady fair, hanging there"
Last Line: "lady fair, hanging there, / you're quite ugly, on the wall"
Subject(s): Portraits


I.

LADY fair, hanging there,
Smiling on me from the wall,
Could you speak now, would you tell me
Something soft and low, or quell me
With a word of coy disdain,
Smiling silently again,
A lady fair, hanging there,
Looking slyly from the wall?

II.

Lady fair, hanging there,
Smiling on me from the wall,
Could you know now what I'm thinking
As I gaze with drowsy blinking
On your face of oily pink,
You'd stop smiling, -- for I think,
Lady fair, hanging there,
You're quite ugly, on the wall.





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