@3My@1 carrier pigeon is a "fancy" pigeon, Less tangible than widgeon; A sympathetic love, -- yet not a Cupid, Nor pert nor stupid, Heart-warm & snug tho' May Day deal in zeroes, A well-known Eros. On windless wings by flight untired for ever Outspeed the speeding river, From Torrington remote to utmost Chelsea ( -- Do what I tells ye! -- ) Carry a heart of love & thanks & blisses, A beak of kisses, Past Piccadilly's hills & populous valleys, Past every human head that more or less is Begirt with tawny tresses, Past every house, to sumptuous Bellevue Palace; There greet the courteous Courtneys with politeness, And the dear Scotts with an affectionate brightness, And give a kiss to dark-locked Alice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAREWELL TO MALTA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE by ROBERT MORRIS LOCKSLEY HALL SIXTY YEARS AFTER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE LAST INVOCATION by WALT WHITMAN BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |