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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLEOPATRA, by NATHALIA CRANE First Line: The darlings of the doorstep have no rights Last Line: And a little piece of soap. Subject(s): Cleopatra, Queen Of Egypt (69-30 B.c.) | |||
The darlings of the doorstep have no rights Tho' rigged with names that old resorts would cheer; They see the tawny rosebud tread the nights, And go unclocked -- a garden Guinevere. Believing in the butter and the bread, They peer beyond the frontiers of a frown; Betimes they list to angels deeply read, Then turn those vellumed versions upside down. They long to trade a flathouse for a Troy, The foreground of a doorstep for a fen; They would -- but their tough mothers take a joy In saying: "Cleopatra's only ten." Cleopatra -- Cleopatra, Do you see the Pharos Light? Do you think that Caesar's galley Will make the Nile tonight? Cleopatra -- Cleopatra, You were always mother's hope; There's a galley in the bathroom -- And a little piece of soap. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISCORDANTS: 3 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 10 by CONRAD AIKEN ORGANIZATION MEN IN AFFLUENT SOCIETY by KENNETH REXROTH ANTONY AND [OR, TO] CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY AT DENDERA by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR ON THE STATUE OF CLEOPATRA, MADE INTO A FOUNTAIN BY LEO X by BALDASSARRE CASTIGLIONE CLEOPATRA'S SOLILOQUY by MARY BAYARD CLARK LOVELY DAMES by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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