The girl in the tea shop is not so beautiful as she was, The August has worn against her. She does not get up the stairs so eagerly; Yes, she also will turn middle-aged, And the glow of youth that she spread about us as she brought us our muffins Will be spread about us no longer. She also will turn middle-aged. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRAGMENT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON FAIR HARVARD by GEORGE SANTAYANA PRECIOUS WORDS by EMILY DICKINSON SONGS by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD DIRGE FOR A YOUNG MAIDEN by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |