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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ELDER WOMAN'S SONG: 1, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poet's Biography First Line: A louse crept out of my lady's shift Last Line: Her pocket turned out for me. Subject(s): Lice | |||
I A LOUSE crept out of my lady's shift -- Ahumm, Ahumm, Ahee -- Crying "Oi! Oi! We are turned adrift; The lady's bosom is cold and stiffed, And her arm-pit 's cold for me. "The lady's linen 's no longer neat" -- Ahumm, Ahumm, Ahee; -- "Her savour is neither warm nor sweet; It's close for two in a winding-sheet, And lice are too good for worms to eat; So here's no place for me." The louse made off unhappy and wet -- Ahumm, Ahumm, Ahee: -- He's looking for us, the little pet; So haste, for her chin's to tie up yet, And let us be gone with what we can get -- Her ring for thee, her gown for Bet, Her pocket turned out for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LICE SEEKERS by ARTHUR RIMBAUD JERUSALEM SONNETS: 1 by JAMES KEIR BAXTER COMICAL PANEGYRICK ON THAT FAMILIAR ANIMAL, THE LOUSE by THOMAS (TOM) BROWN SHIH-HOU POINTED OUT TO ME THAT FROM ANCIENT TIMES ... by MEI YAO-CH'EN LOUSE-CATCHERS by ARTHUR RIMBAUD DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 6. GRUACH by GORDON BOTTOMLEY IN JANUARY by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE END OF THE WORLD by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |
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