A woman should think of strikes, in these hard times, When business is troubled and on the shelf; (She should never play with thoughts of a plaster elf, Foolish figure for a garden path, and desire for chimes, Those thin strands of swinging glass That little winds tinkle as they pass, She should hush, with all her heart's other cries!) Dear ... I apologize! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A SOLITARY DISCIPLE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN THE CONGO by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY IN THE BELFRY OF THE NIEUWE KERK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE MALLARDS PASS UNHARMED by LAURA FRANCES ALEXANDER SAW YE JOHNNIE COMIN'? by JOANNA BAILLIE TO JOANNA, ON SENDING ME THE LEAF OF A FLOWER ... WORDSWORTH'S GARDEN by BERNARD BARTON |