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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LADY GOES TO THE PLAY, by ARTHUR KETCHUM First Line: With the link-boys running on before Last Line: She feels her heart beat louder. | |||
WITH the link-boys running on before To light her on her way, A-lounging in her sedan goes Belinda to the play. In patch and powder, puff and frill, From satin shoe to hair, Of all the maids in London town I wot there's none so fair! From Mayfair down along the Strand To Covent Garden's light, Where Master David Garrick acts In a new role to-night, The swinging sedan takes its way, And with expectant air Belinda fans, and wonders who To-night there will be there. Sir Charles, perhaps, or, happy thought, Flushing thro' her powder, He might come in -- beneath her stays She feels her heart beat louder. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GEORGE DU MAURIER by ARTHUR KETCHUM TO AUSTIN DOBSON by ARTHUR KETCHUM FROST AT MIDNIGHT by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A LITTLE DUTCH GARDEN by HARRIET WHITNEY DURBIN THE MOON by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FOR YOU O DEMOCRACY by WALT WHITMAN WHIM ALLEY by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. |
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