Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A LADY WHO DID ME THE HONOUR TO CALL AT MY HOUSE, by CHRISTIAN MILNE Poet's Biography First Line: That ne'er-to-be-forgotten day Last Line: I try in vain to stop it. Alternate Author Name(s): Ross, Christian Subject(s): Writing & Writers | ||||||||
That ne'er-to-be-forgotten day You came to see my cottage, My honest Mate adores you since, With fervour next to dotage. He said, you could have done no more, Had I been Pope or Waller; He walk'd on tiptoe, rais'd his hat, And thought he felt much taller: Then 'gan to pick the tarry spots, That glisten'd on his jacket, And found the tailor much in fault, Who did not neater make it. "But stay," quoth I, "my honest friend, "You must not slight your jerkin, "Tho' you could dress yourself in silk, "Tis not so fit to work in! "And, take my word, I love you more "In that blue frock and trouser, "Than if you wore lac'd hat and cloaths, "That won you 'How d'ye do, Sir.' "Ne'er folks like us shew'd foolish pride, "But worth and sense despis'd them, "And justly threw them from the height "To which such notice rais'd them." Now pardon, Ma'am, this silly tale; I've often wish'd to drop it; But when my pen begins to run, I try in vain to stop it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON A LADY WHO SPOKE WITH SOME ILL-NATURE OF AD OF MY LITTLE WORK by CHRISTIAN MILNE SENT WITH A FLOWER POT, BEGGING A SLIP OF GERANIUM by CHRISTIAN MILNE |
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