Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LEGEND OF FLORENCE: DOMESTIC CHAT, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The world seems glad after its hearty drink Last Line: Be pleased to think that settled. Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh Subject(s): Conversation; Household Employees; Servants; Domestics; Maids | ||||||||
Ginevra (cheerfully). The world seems glad after its hearty drink Of rain. I feared, when you came back this morning, The shower had stopped you, or that you were ill. Ago. You feared!you hoped. What fear you that I fear, Or hope for that I hope for? A truce, madam, To these exordiums and pretended interests, Whose only shallow intent is to delay, Or to divert, the sole dire subject,me. Soh! you would see the spectacle! you, who start At openings of doors and falls of pins. Trumpets and drums quiet a lady's nerves, And a good hacking blow at a tournament Equals burnt feathers or hartshorn for a stimulus To pretty household tremblers. Gin. I expressed No wish to see the tournament, nor indeed Anything, of my own accord, or contrary To your good judgment. Ago. Oh, of course not. Wishes Are never expressed for, or by, contraries; Nor the good judgment of an anxious husband Held forth as a pleasant thing to differ with. Gin. It is as easy as sitting in a chair To say I will not go; and I will not. Be pleased to think that settled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IBIS; FOR LORI GOLDENSOHN by NORMAN DUBIE PLAINT OF THE POET IN AN IGNORANT AGE by CAROLYN KIZER LEDA'S HANDMAIDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE HOUSEKEEPER by ROBERT FROST ABOU BEN ADHEM by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT |
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