Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF A VERY PLAIN PERSON, by SELMA PARKER SOUTHCOTTE First Line: Sometimes I wish Last Line: In being ordinary! | ||||||||
I Sometimes I wish That I were just a little ill, So that I might lie -- conscience-free -- Between fresh sheets And meditate and dream awhile And rest my tired feet. But when I make my house all shining clean Or pull a sled back up the hill Or motor far along enchanted ways, I thank the Lord that I am never ill. II If being common means That I can dig in a garden On a misty April day And smudge my hands with soil To find the first green shoot Of tulip or anemone; Or stand amazed before a tree That yesterday was like a gawky boy All elbows, hands, and knees -- But today is a coquette In a green dress, if you please -- Then I am common, very, But what a lot of fun there is In being ordinary! | Other Poems of Interest...TO W.P.: 1 by GEORGE SANTAYANA SONNET TO THE AUTUMNAL MOON by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE NATIONALITY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS CARRION COMFORT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE by SIDNEY LANIER MY MARYLAND by JAMES RYDER RANDALL THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 79. THE MONOCHORD by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO S.M., A YOUNG AFRICAN PAINTER, ON SEEING HIS WORKS by PHILLIS WHEATLEY |
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