An oaken, broken elbow-chair; A caudle-cup, without an ear; A battered, shattered ash bedstead; A box of deal, without a lid; A pair of tongs, but out of joint; A back-sword poker, without point; A pot that's cracked across, around, With an old knotted garter bound; An iron lock, without a key; A wig, with hanging quite grown grey; A curtain, worn to half a stripe; A pair of bellows, without pipe; A dish, which might good meat afford once; An Ovid, and an old Concordance; A bottle bottom, wooden platter, One is for meal, and one for water; There likewise is a copper skillet, Which runs as fast out as you fill it; A candlestick, snuff dish, and save-all, And thus his household goods you have all. These, to your Lordship, as a friend, Till you have built, I freely lend; They'll serve your Lordship for a shift; Why not, as well as Doctor Swift? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LET ME NOT HATE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO EMILIE BIGELOW HAPGOOD - PHILANTHROPIST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A CERTAIN POET ON THE DEBATES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: BARRETT BAYS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SLANTS AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK by CARL SANDBURG ON AN UNFINISHED STATUE BY MICHAEL ANGELO by GEORGE SANTAYANA |