Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN CAP AND GOWN, by ANONYMOUS


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IN CAP AND GOWN, by                    
First Line: In cap and gown I saw her go
Last Line: "with the new maid ye cannot know,- / in cap and gown"
Subject(s): Admiration;commencement; Graduation


IN cap and gown I saw her go, --
The daintiest sight the world could show;
The cap aslant with mocking air,
The gown blown lightly here and there, --
I watched her with my heart aglow.

Throughout the passing centuries slow,
In many garbs, maids come and go.
Sweet souls! they had been twice as fair
In cap and gown.

O Grecian girls in robes of snow,
O satin belles of long ago,
However gay your dress, or fair,
I tell you ye could not compare
With the new maid ye cannot know, --
In cap and gown.





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