Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UGLY PRINCESS, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poet's Biography First Line: My parents bow, and lead them forth Last Line: And so am given to god. Subject(s): Ugliness | ||||||||
MY parents bow, and lead them forth, For all the crowd to see -- Ah well! the people might not care To cheer a dwarf like me. They little know how I could love, How I could plan and toil, To swell those drudges' scanty gains, Their mites of rye and oil. They little know what dreams have been My playmates, night and day; Of equal kindness, helpful care, A mother's perfect sway. Now earth to earth in convent walls, To earth in churchyard sod: I was not good enough for man, And so am given to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYRTILLA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MISS MILLY O'NAIRE by WILLARD GROSVENOR BLEYER SONG OF THE UGLY MAIDEN by ELIZA COOK WINTERLINES by DANIEL GUTSTEIN HOCCLEVE'S HUMOROUS PRAISE OF HIS LADY by THOMAS HOCCLEVE A MASK ON A RING by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR EPIGRAM: TO AN UGLY WOMAN WITH A SWEET VOICE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS EMBLEMS OF EXILE by THOMAS MCGRATH A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY |
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