Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CRI DES BOHEMES, by AUSTIN PHILIPS


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CRI DES BOHEMES, by                    
First Line: In that suburban villa, trim and neat
Last Line: Is yours, or ours, old friend, the better part?
Subject(s): Friendship


IN that Suburban villa, trim and neat,
Like fifty thousand other villas, all
Your hopes lie centred. Treble voices call
You father; and the sound of pattering feet
Enchants your ear, while kisses quench defeat.
Old aims are dead, and old ambitions pall
Behind that hideous terra-cotta wall,
Where life is narrow: narrow yet complete.

You win to opulence by devious ways,
Ways that you held in scorn until you knew
How honour with domestic care decays.
But we, who were your comrades, still pursue,
With tired feet, the grand trunk-road of Art ...
Is yours, or ours, old friend, the better part?





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