There is a thing which in the light Is seldom used, but in the night It serves the maiden female crew, The ladies, and the good-wives too. They use to take it in their hand, And then it will uprightly stand; And to a hole they it apply, Where by its goodwill it would die; It spends, goes out, and still within It leaves its moisture thick and thin. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A FRIEND WRITING ON CABARET DANCERS by EZRA POUND PORTRAIT OF A MACHINE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER MARCH by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS DELIGHT IN DISORDER by ROBERT HERRICK SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 7. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |