I SAW them last night in a box at the play -- Old age and young youth side by side. -- You might know by the glasses that pointed that way That they were -- a groom and a bride; And you might have known, too, by the face of the groom, And the tilt of his head, and the grim Little smile of his lip, he was proud to presume That we men were all envying him. Well, she was superb -- an Elaine in the face -- A Godiva in figure and mien, With the arm and the wrist of a Parian "Grace," And the high-lifted brow of a queen; But I thought, in the splendor of wealth and of pride, And her beauty's ostensible prize, I should hardly be glad if she sat by my side With that far-away look in her eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAVALIER TUNES: GIVE A ROUSE THEN FOR THE CLINIC by ROBERT BROWNING THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN THE OLD MILL by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 11 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |