I HOPE, when we go down to dinner To discuss eight courses or more, -- I fervently hope this poor sinner Won't have to sit next to a bore. I hope she'll be stylish and pretty, I hope she @3won't@1 know any Greek; I hope she'll be clever and witty, I hope she can talk like a streak. I hope her "papa" has some money, I hope she'll be modest but gay; I hope she'll smile when I'm funny, I hope she will not be @3outre;@1 I hope she's been "over the ocean;" I hope -- well, I'm willing to tell, -- I hope she'll accept my devotion: Then, oh to sit opposite Nell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER NIGHT-BROADWAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER PRAYERS by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE [JUNE 1, 1813] by THOMAS TRACY BOUVE RHENISH AUTUMN; TO TOUSSAINT LUCA by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE THE SEA DREAM by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |