(Whose name is Amanda.) With Apologies to the Shade of Christopher Marlowe. COME live with me and be my Dear; And till that happy bond shall lapse, I'll set your Poutings in Brevier, Your Praises in the largest CAPS. There's Diamond -- 'tis for your Eyes; There's Ruby -- that will match your Lips; Pearl, for your Teeth; and Minion-size To suit your dainty Finger-tips. In Nonpareil I'll put your Face; In Rubric shall your Blushes rise; There is no Bourgeois in your Case; Your Form can never need 'Revise.' Your Cheeks seem 'Ready for the Press'; Your Laugh as Clarendon is clear; There's more distinction in your Dress Than in the oldest Elzevir. So with me live, and with me die; And may no 'FINIS' e'er intrude To break into mere 'Printers' Pie' The Type of our Beatitude! (ERRATUM. -- If my suit you flout, And choose some happier Youth to wed, 'Tis but to cross AMANDA out, And read another name instead.) AMANDUS TYPOGRAPHICUS. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE IRISH SPINNING-WHEEL by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES ANECDOTE OF THE JAR by WALLACE STEVENS THE VEERY'S FLUTE by LUCY BRANCH ALLEN IN A SPRING GROVE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: MAN'S GUARD AGAINST DEATH by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |