Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A STORY OF A, B, C, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS First Line: When I'm going to town of a morning Last Line: Whomever her dreams desire! Subject(s): Beauty; Girls | ||||||||
WHEN I'm going to town of a morning, Every day I meet Three little girls with grace adorning The long, grey aisle of a London street (The Saints be kind to their class-ward feet), And I don't know what their names may be, Never a one of all the three, So we'll call them A and B and C. And A's as slim as a willow, And B's as nice as a bun, And C's as pretty as sixpence, And how shall the story run? They go in orchard, apple-green dresses (Best of Pomona's hues), They wear the sun in their pig-tailed tresses, They wear the wind in their walking shoes; You wouldn't know which of the three to choose. Each of them fresh as an April day, Each of them bright as a roundelay, Each of them, C and B and A. And A's the grace of a princess, And B's as sweet as a rose, And C, she's pretty as sixpence, And that's how the story goes! Now that's as far as my knowledge reaches, Fancy finds the end, "Sugar and spice" for all and each is Always there when it's "Let's pretend"; So 'tis settled that Fate's to send Sugar and spice to all the three (Letting them know it comes from me), Each of them, A and B and C. And A shall marry a marquis, And B shall marry a squire, And C (who's pretty as sixpence) Whomever her dreams desire! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A GIRL by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY SONG OF THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS GIRLS ON THE RUN: 1 by JOHN ASHBERY GIRLS ON THE RUN: 10 by JOHN ASHBERY GIRLS ON THE RUN: 14 by JOHN ASHBERY GIRLS ON THE RUN: 2 by JOHN ASHBERY A BLACK-LETTER STORY-BOOK by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS |
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