(@3Wanda Hawley, the movie star, says that the real Sheik of the desert is usually seventy and black@1) Oh, ladies who seek for a peek at a Sheik Who lives his life rudely and rawly, A Bedouin grand in the land of the sand Consider the words of Miss Hawley. "A Sheik," she reports, "is a geek who's antique, And black as a heavy cigarro, A patriarch dark, who as you may remark Is @3not@1 like young Ramon Navarro." How sad is the shock to the feminine flock To find that the Sheik in his glory Of whom writers tell is a—well, just a sell, And only exists in a story. The deep wrinkles streak the bleak cheek of the sheik Who isn't a bold young deceiver, But old as the hills. Why, he kills all the thrills This antediluvian Beaver. So ladies who yearn and who burn to discern A Sheik who's a torrid bambino, Don't roam o'er the foam but remain here at home And worship some new Valentino. You shriek for a Sheik who is sleek, young, unique? You seek, very likely, to share a Romance with a Sheik? See the films once a week But don't go away to Sahara! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK TO JOHN DONNE (1) by BEN JONSON PROMETHEUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE AUTO-DA-FE; A LEGEND OF SPAIN by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM STANZAS, ON THE DEATH OF LIEUT. P. by BERNARD BARTON SONG IN THE NIGHT by OTTO JULIUS BIERBAUM THE DAWN OF EVENING by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |