Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRACE'S CHOICE, by CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS Poet's Biography First Line: When first I saw fair-featured grace Last Line: But wealth andlooks and pedigree. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Beauty; Marriage; Wealth; Heritage; Heredity; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
WHEN first I saw fair-featured Grace, In dainty tailor-fashioned gown, I fell in love with her sweet face, And pooh-poohed at her escort, Brown. The fellow's rich, but such a clown! I did not fear he'd rival me I, Reginald de Courcy Drowne, With wealth andlooks and pedigree. I set the man a red-hot pace; It was the talk of all the town; I knew that I was loved by Grace I knew it by that yokel's frown. My ancestors won great renown, While Brown has no ancestral tree. I knew I could the fellow down, With wealth andlooks and pedigree. She's married now; has rare point lace, And jewels fit to deck a crown. The man who calls her "darling Grace," Is not the fellow they call Brown. No, I'm the happiest man in town. I knew she'd not say no to me, One rarely sees Dame Fortune frown On wealth andlooks and pedigree. ENVOY You thought that Grace would marry Brown, As in most ballades that you see, But she did not. For her no clown But wealth andlooks and pedigree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH A SONG OF SORROW; A LULLABYLET FOR A MAGAZINELET by CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS O-U-G-H. A FRESH HACK AT AN OLD KNOT by CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS |
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