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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DIFFERENCE, by HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER
First Line: All in the days of long ago
Last Line: A fairly rapid scorcher.
Subject(s): Fire
First Line: All in the days of long ago
Last Line: A fairly rapid scorcher.
Subject(s): Fire
ALL in the days of long ago,
When Grandfather a-wooing went,
He looked a gallant, dashing beau,
And with his looks was well content.
He rode beside My Lady's chair
With gracious salutation,
He vowed she was divinely fair,
And told his adoration.
But now, alas, poor Grandfather
Would stand but sorry chances
Of passionately telling her
His bosom's sweetest fancies.
For since a wheel My Lady rides,
The bravest, gayest courtier
Would lose her, if he weren't besides
A fairly rapid scorcher.
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