CAME the great Popinjay Smelling his nosegay: In cages like grots The birds sang gavottes. "Herodiade's flea Was named sweet Amanda, She danced like a lady From here to Uganda. Oh, what a dance was there! Long-haired, the candle Salome-like tossed her hair To a dance-tune by Handel" . . . Dance they still? Then came Courtier Death, Blew out the candle-flame With civet breath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LE MEDECIN MALGRE LUI by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION AT THE WEDDING MARCH by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE CAPTAINS OF THE YEARS by ARTHUR RAYMOND MACDOUGALL JR. EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 4. FOR FRANCES ANN by ALBERTA BANCROFT |