Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADDRESS AND INVITATION TO A YOUNG FRIEND, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: To tell you the truth, dear j., I was sorry Last Line: So come backpray dowhile the heather's in glory. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Elections; Ireland; Politics & Government; Voting; Voters; Suffrage; Irish | ||||||||
WHO HAD GONE OVER TO IRELAND IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS POLITICAL PARTY, AT THE ELECTION OF 1864. To tell you the truth, dear J., I was sorry To hear by your note that Whig, Roman, and Tory Are taxing your patience, your time, and invention, Not even the soft haunting voice that you mention Has, by its sweet witchery, power to call back, And make you rein up your political hack. The deuce take the Tories; a fig for the Whigs; A plague on the Romans and Radical prigs, Who flounder and splash in the big Irish puddle, Like geese in a bog, quack, gabble, and muddle; Oh, botheration! such bustle and blarney I'd souse the whole herd in the Lakes of Killarney. Too long, my dear J., on the shamrock you've trod, Bedad, they will dub you a son of the sod; Come over, I bid you; come over the "say," We'll talk the thing out o'er a cup of good "tay." Old grannie is waiting to give you her hand, The Rockingham's brimm'd, and the toast on the stand Well brown'd and well butteredthe muse is complaining That some wild, Irish girl your heart is enchaining, And vows, if you do not come back before long, You'll never more quaff at the fountain of song. Now this is an issue for which you'll be sorry, So come backpray dowhile the heather's in glory. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SIGHTSEERS by PAUL MULDOON THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN AN IRISH HEADLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GIANT'S RING: BALLYLESSON, NEAR BELFAST by ROBINSON JEFFERS IRELAND; WRITTEN FOR THE ART AUTOGRAPH DURING IRISH FAMINE by SIDNEY LANIER THE EYES ARE ALWAYS BROWN by GERALD STERN A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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