PAMELA was too gentle to deceive Her roses. "Let the men stay where they are," She said, "and if Apollo's avatar Be one of them, I shall not have to grieve." And so she made all Tilbury Town believe She sighed a little more for the North Star Than over men, and only in so far As she was in a garden was like Eve. Her neighbors--doing all that neighbors can To make romance of reticence meanwhile-- Seeing that she had never loved a man, Wished Pamela had a cat, or a small bird, And only would have wondered at her smile Could they have seen that she had overheard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROSPECT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE THIRD DAY: AZRAEL by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DEATH by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK THE LEADERS by LOUISE E. V. BOYD BEFORE AND AFTER by OLIVER MADOX BROWN CHARLIE HE'S MY DARLING by ROBERT BURNS FROM A CAR WINDOW by JOSIE FRAZEE CAPPLEMAN |