She keeps her dresses clean and stylish; Her house, too, surely is among The places which are always tidy; But oh, she has a careless tongue! Her face and hands and hair are cleanly, But then her tongue is dipped in ink; And so she blackens all the neighbors About as fast as she can think. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW YEAR'S DAWN - BROADWAY by SARA TEASDALE ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS by ROBERT BURNS AUTUMN MORNING AT CAMBRIDGE by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD SEVEN TIMES TWO [ - ROMANCE] by JEAN INGELOW UP-HILL by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |