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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MORAL IN SEVRES, by MILDRED HOWELLS First Line: Upon my mantel-piece they stand Last Line: She glances back with bashful eyes. | |||
UPON my mantel-piece they stand, While all its length between them lies; He throws a kiss with graceful hand, She glances back with bashful eyes. The china Shepherdess is fair, The Shepherd's face denotes a heart Burning with ardor and despair. Alas, they stand so far apart! And yet, perhaps, if they were moved, And stood together day by day, Their love had not so constant proved, Nor would they still have smiled so gay. His hand the Shepherd might have kissed The match-box Angel's heart to win; The Shepherdess, his love have missed, And flirted with the Mandarin. But on my mantel-piece they stand, While all its length between them lies; He throws a kiss with graceful hand, She glances back with bashful eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN AMIABLE LITTLE BOY by MILDRED HOWELLS ACCOMPLISHED FACTS by CARL SANDBURG BATTLE HYMN OF THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC by LOUIS UNTERMEYER SHELTERED GARDEN by HILDA DOOLITTLE SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH PROMETHEUS BOUND: THE OVERTHROW OF ZEUS by AESCHYLUS SONG OF THE ENGINE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON JERUSALEM; THE EMANATION OF THE GIANT ALBION: CHAPTER 3 by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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