Antigone and Helen -- would they laugh To see La Belle Florinda shake her limbs? How would the sacred Eleusinian hymns Sound on the record of a phonograph? Oh, you who cherish La Belle's autograph, Who serve her eyebrows and her slightest whims, Oh, you who pay her supper bills at Tims' Who pride yourself that you can stand the gaff -- Would you be shocked beyond your puny wits Were you to stumble on the hidden glade Where Bacchanals and Helen danced and swayed Nude in the moonlight? Ah, the code that fits The glowing Broadway lights is much too staid To tolerate such frolics in the shade! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NATURES COOK by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH ONLY ONE MOTHER by GEORGE COOPER THE WASTE PLACES by JAMES STEPHENS HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE BRAWL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET ST. CECILIA'S HYMN by JOHN BYROM THE COMPLAINT OF VENUS by GEOFFREY CHAUCER THE HUE AND THE CRY AFTER SIR JOHN PRESBYTER by JOHN CLEVELAND |