ARRAYED in snow-white pants and vest, And other rainment fair to view, I stood before my sweetheart Sue -- The charming creature I love best. "Tell me and does my costume suit?" I asked that apple of my eye -- And then the charmer made reply, "Oh, yes, you do look awful cute!" Although I frequently had heard My sweetheart vent her pleasure so, I must confess I did not know The meaning of that favorite word. But presently at window side We stood and watched the passing throng, And soon a donkey passed along With ears like wings extended wide. And gazing at the doleful brute My sweetheart gave a merry cry -- I quote her language with a sigh -- "O Charlie, ain't he awful cute?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HAWK by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN by ROBERT FROST THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE VAGABONDS by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE THE SOFTNESS OF SYBARIS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LOST AT SEA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SIC VITA by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |