Some people want their sunsets Twenty colors in a row. I like as well an evening With just a purple glow. Some adore a banquet... Crystal, silver, shaded lights; But I love toast and applesauce On crispy winter nights. I know it is most orthodox To long to meet a king; But I enjoy my laundress Who doesn't own a thing! And when it comes to my own looks Such candor I display... I know it's strange, but really I'm glad my hair is gray! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VASHTI by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER SORROW by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE EPISTLE TO MRS. BLOUNT, WITH THE WORKS OF VOITURE by ALEXANDER POPE ON THE MEDUSA OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN THE FLORENTINE GALLERY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AN OLD CASTLE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THANKSGIVING DAY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 46 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |