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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LESE-MAJESTE, by HERBERT S. GORMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: The idle chatter, rising like a fountain
Last Line: Might comprehend her motor's feline purr.
First Line: The idle chatter, rising like a fountain
Last Line: Might comprehend her motor's feline purr.
The idle chatter, rising like a fountain
In slender gushes, sinks in silver mist
Upon white shoulders. Higgins, from his mountain
Of watchful inattention, seems to list.
Colossus of wise butlers, for a minute
He sways in clouds of conversation, turns
His face against small flocks of words, and in it
I catch a lightning flash that twists and burns.
Now imperturbable he sees the lady
Depart in warm chinchilla, thinks of her
As something set apart and is afraid he
Might comprehend her motor's feline purr.
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