ON MRS. NICELY, WRITTEN AFTER SEEING MRS. DAVENPORT IN HER CHARACTER AT COVENT GARDEN. SHE was a woman peerless in her station, With household virtues wedded to her name; Spotless in linen, grass-bleached in her fame, And pure and clear-starched in her reputation; Thence in my Castle of Imagination She dwells for evermore, the dainty dame, To keep all airy draperies from shame, And all dream-furniture in preservation; There walketh she with keys quite silver-bright, In perfect hose, and shoes of seemly black, Apron and stomacher of lily-white, And decent order follows in her track: The burnished plate grows lustrous in her sight, And polished floors and tables shine her back. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REVIEW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: LUCINDA MATLOCK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES: DIALOGUE 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE ROWFANT CATALOGUE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |