Dreaming of a prince, Cinderella sat among the ashes long ago; Dreaming of a prince, She scoured the pots and kettles till they shone; and so, After all and after all, Gaily at the castle ball Cinderella met her prince long and long ago! Dreaming of a prince, Sleeping Beauty lay in happy slumber, white and still; Dreaming of a prince, She waited for a hundred years, and then his bugles shrill, After all and after all, Woke the castle, bower, and hall, And he found her waiting him long and long ago! Dreaming of a prince, I polish bowl and tea-pot and the spoons, each one; Dreaming of a prince, I hang the new-washed clothes to wave a-drying in the sun; After all and after all, Great adventures may befall Like to those that happened once long and long ago! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RIVER CHARLES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW LINES TO HANNAH AND PHOEBE by BERNARD BARTON A VOYAGE TO CYTHERA by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE CORYDON by LUCIUS MORRIS BEEBE A SUMMER IN TUSCANY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: FAREWELL DARK by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT PIRATE TREASURE by BERTON BRALEY |