Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LUNCH, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A gothic window, where a damask curtain Last Line: With dreamy words -- and very pleasant eating! Subject(s): Lunch | ||||||||
A GOTHIC window, where a damask curtain Made the blank daylight shadowy and uncertain: A slab of agate on four eagle-talons Held trimly up and neatly taught to balance: A porcelain dish, o'er which in many a cluster Black grapes hung down, dead-ripe and without lustre: A melon cut in thin, delicious slices: A cake that seemed mosaic-work in spices: Two China cups with golden tulips sunny, And rich inside with chocolate like honey: And she and I the banquet-scene completing With dreamy words -- and very pleasant eating! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LUNCH AT HELEN FRANKENTHALER'S by BARBARA GUEST AT LUNCH WITH PSYCHIATRISTS by DAVID WAGONER A STEP AWAY FROM THEM by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966) THE CROSS ROADS by ROBERT SOUTHEY LUNCH IN TOWN by MILDRED WHITNEY STILLMAN MIRANDA'S LUNCHES by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS MAN I LUNCH WITH OCCASIONALLY by ANNA DEMAY SUNDAY LUNCH IN PONDER, TEXAS by MARTHA ELIZABETH AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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