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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: PHILADELPHIA, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: She sits in quaker garb and seems to drowse Last Line: While she pretends they are not there at all. Subject(s): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
She sits in Quaker garb and seems to drowse, A plump, smug lady, with a placid air; You can't imagine roses in her hair Or sparkling eyes beneath those level brows. But whisper to her of a gay carouse She'll doff her cloak and on your vision flare White shouldered, scarlet clad, enticing, fair, Wide eyed and pagan as the law allows. Her domicile is prim, immaculate (That part of it which faces on the street) But in the rear you find a doubtful state, Cigar butts, bottles, marks of dirty feet, Where thieves and grafters hold rough carnival While she pretends they are not there at all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE by LUCILLE CLIFTON ELEGY (FOR 'MOVE' AND PHILADELPHIA) by SONIA SANCHEZ PRELIMINARY SKETCHES: PHILADELPHIA by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER OCCASIONED BY GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA by PHILIP FRENEAU THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH; REJOICINGS IN PHILADELPHIA by PHILIP FRENEAU PHILADELPHIA by RUDYARD KIPLING LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING PHILADELPHIA by THOMAS MOORE IN PHILADELPHIA by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY PENNSYLVANIA HALL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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