A Turkish Election Among the femininity As well as masculinity Of Istambul's vicinity Was tumult and hurrah; Abdullah the Uproarious And one more meritorious, Mohammed, called "the Glorious," Were running for Pasha. Abdullah's wiles were various; With drinks at one denarius He made the mob hilarious; He purchased votes in shoals. He roused his rowdy partisans From donjon keeps and bartizans; They rounded up the artisans And drove them to the polls. Mohammed held such knavery Deplorably unsavory; He smiled in simple bravery, And close to six o'clock, When every hope seemed blotted out, By districts neatly plotted out, The harem vote he trotted out And potted it @3en bloc@1. Then thousand men with scimiters And crimson-sashed perimeters, Tetrameters and trimeters, Commingled in the cry: "This man will get the dross for us! His brain is rich in phosphorus! Mohammed is the boss for us Till Bosphorus runs dry!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STIRRUP-CUP by LOUIS UNTERMEYER TO MY GRANDMOTHER; SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE BY MR. ROMNEY by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON THE DEATH OF LYON by HENRY PETERSON THE FOOL AND THE POET by ALEXANDER POPE EROTION by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1802 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BLACK ROSES by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. |