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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON BEING AN ANCESTRESS (TO MY GREAT-GREAT, GRANDCHILDREN), by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography First Line: I shall not care for it, I'm sure Last Line: From your great-great grandmother's dust! Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors | |||
I SHALL not care for it, I'm sure, The being dead, you know, my dears, And hanging primly on the wall— Just looking on for years and years! Ah, no, I'm sure I shall not like To be imprisoned there in paint; I, who love being up-to-date, Shall never care for being—quaint! Of course I'll do the proper thing, And hang serenely in my place Beside your great-great grandpapa— A wifely smile upon my face! And you will all look up to me— Believe, no doubt, I was a saint, For all my faults, of course, will be Quite blotted out by time and—paint! No doubt your honored parents, dears, Will point my portrait out and say: "Your great-great granny would be shocked— Things were so different in her day!" And I'll not say a word, nor smile— I'll look demure, show no suprise— But, dears, if you seek sympathy, I think you'll find it in my eyes! And if you stand and look at me, And, wistful, wonder if I knew The pain, the passion and the stress Of life, as they are felt by you— Come closer, dears, and never tell— To you a secret I'll entrust: Your flaming hearts have caught their fire From your great-great grandmother's dust! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANCESTOR, ANCESTOR by ANNE WALDMAN PSYCHOGENESIS by MABEL STANDLEY MARSTON ISIS by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN THE SPARK FROM THE ENGINE by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN RED HILLS AND SKY by JANE MILLER HERITAGE by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY ISRAEL'S HERITAGE by IDA GOLDSMITH MORRIS A DESERTED HOUSE by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY |
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