Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BUCK UP, LADY VERE DE VERE, by E. S. V. ZILE


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BUCK UP, LADY VERE DE VERE, by                    
First Line: What stirs you, lady vere de vere? Why are / your cheeks so wan?
Last Line: You get the stuff! Ain't that enough to satisfy your grace?
Subject(s): Actors & Actresses; Ancestry & Ancestors


What stirs you, Lady Vere de Vere? Why are your cheeks so wan?
Fear you your face won't register for crowds to look upon?
Don't worry for a moment. You'll never have to work;
The movies know your pedigree -- it's in Debrett and Burke.

Perhaps you fear you cannot act. But, oh, your blood is blue,
The selling point is what you are, and not what you can do.
Your income is not what it was, your bridge is pretty punk;
But gold you'll get, if you will pose -- and pride of blood is bunk.

So, cheer up, Lady Vere de Vere, for, though you're thin and pale,
The camera is waiting for old families on sale.
Why should you care if vulgar eyes are glued upon your face;
You get the stuff! Ain't that enough to satisfy Your Grace?





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