While looking down the green highway I saw a damsel pass to-day. She wore a lawny gown of red, A crown of poppies on her head, And flossy locks of gold astray. Quoth I: "Young maiden, whither, pray?" She lifted smiling lips to say: " 'T is graduation day!" and fled, While looking down. Alas! though graduate she may, I saw her roguish eyes betray Gay proof of study still ahead— For maids must learn to woo and wed, And vanquish in the social fray— While looking down! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAMPUS SONNET: BEFORE AN EXAMINATION by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET HOW THEY GO ON by JAMES GALVIN SPEAKING TERMS by JAMES GALVIN THE LAST MAN'S CLUB by JAMES GALVIN IN LOVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO -, WITH A ROSE by SIDNEY LANIER |