Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PARTY OF LOVERS, by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes Last Line: He lives in wapping, might live where he pleased. | ||||||||
"A few Nonsense Verses" sent in a Letter to George Keats. PENSIVE they sit, and roll their languid eyes, Nibble their toast and cool their tea with sighs; Or else forget the purpose of the night, Forget their tea, forget their appetite. See, with cross'd arms they sit--Ah! happy crew, The fire is going out and no one rings For coals, and therefore no coals Betty brings. A fly is in the milk-pot. Must he die Circled by a humane society? No, no; there, Mr. Werter takes his spoon, Inserts it, dips the handle, and lo! soon The little straggler, sav'd from perils dark, Across the teaboard draws a long wet mark. Romeo! Arise, take snuffers by the handle, There's a large cauliflower in each candle. A winding sheet--ah, me! I must away To No. 7, just beyond the circus gay. Alas, my friend, your coat sits very well; Where may your Tailor live? I may not tell. O pardon me. I'm absent now and then. Where might my Tailor live? I say again I cannot tell, let me no more be teazed; He lives in Wapping, might live where he pleased. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN by JOHN KEATS ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS |
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