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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT BY A NEIGHBOR, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Before she has her floor swept
Last Line: And the queen anne's lace!
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Neighbors; Women
First Line: Before she has her floor swept
Last Line: And the queen anne's lace!
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Neighbors; Women
Before she has her floor swept
Or her dishes done,
Any day you'll find her
A-sunning in the sun!
It's long after midnight
Her key's in the lock,
And you never see her chimney smoke
Till past ten o'clock!
She digs in her garden
With a shovel and a spoon,
She weeds her lazy lettuce
By the light of the moon,
She walks up the walk
Like a woman in a dream,
She forgets she borrowed butter
And pays you back cream!
Her lawn looks like a meadow,
And if she mows the place
She leaves the clover standing
And the Queen Anne's lace!
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