Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT IS LONDON'S LAST NEW LION?, by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY Poet's Biography First Line: What is london's last new lion? Pray, inform me if you can Last Line: What is london's last new lion? Pray, inform me if you can. Alternate Author Name(s): Bayly, Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Subject(s): Animals; Lions; London | ||||||||
WHAT is London's last new lion? Pray, inform me if you can; Is't a woman of Kamschatka or an Otaheite man? For my conversazione you must send me something new, Don't forget me! Oh I sigh for the éclat of a debut! I am sick of all the "minstrels," all the "brothers" this and that, Who sing sweetly at the parties, while the ladies laugh and chat; And the man who play'd upon his chin is passé, I suppose So try and find a gentleman who plays upon his nose. Send half-a-dozen authors, for they help to fill a rout, I fear I've worn the literary lionesses out! Send something biographical, I think that fashion spreads, But do not send a poet, till you find one with two heads. The town has grown fastidious, we do not care a straw For the whiskers of a bandit, or the tail of a bashaw! And travellers are out of date, I mean to cut them soon, Unless you send me some one who has travell'd to the moon. Oh, if you send a singer, he must sing without a throat! Oh, if you send a player, he must harp upon one note! I must have something marvellous, the marvel makes the man; What is London's last new lion? Pray, inform me if you can. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHARF ON THAMES-SIDE: WINTER DAWN by LAURENCE BINYON THE IDLER'S CALENDAR: MAY. THE LONDON SEASON by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A LONDON THOROUGHFARE, 2 A.M. by AMY LOWELL SPRING WIND IN LONDON by KATHERINE MANSFIELD A BALLAD OF WHITECHAPEL by ISAAC ROSENBERG LONDON, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A NOVEL OF HIGH LIFE by THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY |
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