Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by ALFRED DENNIS GODLEY Poet's Biography First Line: The rhone and rhine they run so free Last Line: My mortal part in hampton gay! Alternate Author Name(s): Godley, A. D. Subject(s): Cities; Oxford University; Urban Life | ||||||||
THE Rhone and Rhine they run so free Through Switzerland and Germany, But Cherwell winds with devious coil Through Hampton Gay and Hampton Poyle. The Cher, he flows his banks between Through clover fields and meadows green, By meadows green and churches gray, By Hampton Poyle and Hampton Gay: O peaceful scenes, secluded spots! How happy are their simple lots Who live and till their natal soil In Hampton Gay and Hampton Poyle! Could suns be warm, could skies be blue, Could days of spring be always new, A lifetime were too short to stay In Hampton Poyle or Hampton Gay. No racing Eights come here to mar The rural solitudes of Cher: No student burns the midnight oil (I'm sure of that) in Hampton Poyle! ('Here,' said the Editor, 'enough Of this unconscionable stuff! You can't go on the livelong day Composing rhymes to Hampton Gay!' 'O, can't I just?' the Poet said: 'By arts like these I earn my bread: This only serves my Muse to foil -- The dearth of words that rhyme with Poyle.') Whene'er I quit this scene of toil, Then place my bones in Hampton Poyle: Or, if you can't, then take and lay My mortal part in Hampton Gay! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THINGS (FOR AN INDIAN) TO DO IN NEW YORK (CITY) by SHERMAN ALEXIE THE CITY REVISITED by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: ENTERING THE CITY WITH BLISS-BESTOWING HANDS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CITY OF THE OLESHA FRUIT by NORMAN DUBIE DISCOVERING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF LLOYD, EARL, AND PRISCILLA by LYNN EMANUEL MY DIAMOND STUD by ALICE FULTON A DIALOGUE ON ETHICS by ALFRED DENNIS GODLEY A HANDBOOK TO HOMER by ALFRED DENNIS GODLEY A NEW DIALOGUE OF THE DEAD; ODYSSEUS AND ARISTOTLE by ALFRED DENNIS GODLEY |
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