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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON, by JOHN BANCKS Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Houses, churches, mixed together, / streets unpleasant in all weather Last Line: This is london! How d'ye like it? Subject(s): London; Thames (river); Travel; Journeys; Trips | |||
HOUSES, churches, mixed together, Streets unpleasant in all weather; Prisons, palaces contiguous, Gates, a bridge, the Thames irriguous. Gaudy things enough to tempt ye, Showy outsides, insides empty; Bubbles, trades, mechanic arts, Coaches, wheelbarrows and carts. Warrants, bailiffs, bills unpaid, Lords of laundresses afraid; Rogues that nightly rob and shoot men, Hangmen, aldermen and footmen. Lawyers, poets, priests, physicians, Noble, simple, all conditions: Worth beneath a threadbare cover, Villainy bedaubed all over. Women black, red, fair and grey, Prudes and such as never pray, Handsome, ugly, noisy, still, Some that will not, some that will. Many a beau without a shilling, Many a widow not unwilling; Many a bargain, if you strike it: This is London! How d'ye like it? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES |
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