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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER READING AUSTIN DOBSON, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: In a crowded room I seemed to stand
Last Line: "to find it closed, and ended the song / whose gay, glad cadence lived on in my heart"
Subject(s): "books;dobson, Austin (1840-1921);parties;solitude;" Reading;loneliness
First Line: In a crowded room I seemed to stand
Last Line: "to find it closed, and ended the song / whose gay, glad cadence lived on in my heart"
Subject(s): "books;dobson, Austin (1840-1921);parties;solitude;" Reading;loneliness
IN a crowded room I seemed to stand,
Yet not in the throng; alone, apart,
And all about me the hot air fanned,
Moved by the throbs of society's heart.
A band was playing somewhere near
('T was a waltz of Strauss, so soft and sweet),
And the ripple of voices came to my ear,
And the merry tap of dancing feet.
The rustle of silk, the wave of a fan,
The gleam of gems, the scent of a rose,
The laugh of a girl, the vows of a man, --
And the wave of society ebbs and flows.
As I was wishing to join the throng
The book fell down; I woke with a start
To find it closed, and ended the song
Whose gay, glad cadence lived on in my heart.
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