Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LADY GOES TO THE PLAY, by ARTHUR KETCHUM First Line: With the link-boys running on before Last Line: She feels her heart beat louder. | ||||||||
WITH the link-boys running on before To light her on her way, A-lounging in her sedan goes Belinda to the play. In patch and powder, puff and frill, From satin shoe to hair, Of all the maids in London town I wot there's none so fair! From Mayfair down along the Strand To Covent Garden's light, Where Master David Garrick acts In a new role to-night, The swinging sedan takes its way, And with expectant air Belinda fans, and wonders who To-night there will be there. Sir Charles, perhaps, or, happy thought, Flushing thro' her powder, He might come in -- beneath her stays She feels her heart beat louder. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GEORGE DU MAURIER by ARTHUR KETCHUM TO AUSTIN DOBSON by ARTHUR KETCHUM FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT by CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY BROOKS DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK; A TRUE STORY by ROBERT BURNS A SEA SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM SONNET: TO HIS LUTE by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SHEPHERDS IN PRAISE OF ASTRAEA by MARY SIDNEY HERBERT A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES BREAK OF DAY IN THE TRENCHES by ISAAC ROSENBERG |
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