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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHE WAS A BEAUTY, by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She was a beauty in the days Last Line: When madison was president. Subject(s): Beauty; Past | |||
SHE was a beauty in the days When Madison was President, And quite coquettish in her ways, -- On conquests of the heart intent. Grandpapa, on his right knee bent, Wooed her in stiff, old-fashioned phrase, -- She was a beauty in the days When Madison was President. And when your roses where hers went Shall go, my Rose, who date from Hayes, I hope you'll wear her sweet content Of whom tradition lightly says: She was a beauty in the days When Madison was President. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |
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