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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO BESSIE HAWES, MAY QUEEN, by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD First Line: Now wouldn't I like to be there to see Last Line: And it's maytime always to think of you. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens | |||
Now wouldn't I like to be there to see You throned in your May Day festivity! And isn't it quite the most charming thing That the crown will be placed on your head by a King! Queer Bess! Was there ever so regal a name! But don't play up to the ancient dame; She was given to oaths and smutty jokes, And would box the ears of the lesser folks. Well, you've earned your royalty, Bessie Hawes; And you're more than a queen of the May because You're real. (That's Spanish of "royal" too.) And it's Maytime always to think of you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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