Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PIQUED, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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PIQUED, by                    
First Line: For beauty's sake she lives
Last Line: She 's not the entire show!
Subject(s): Beauty; Charm; Youth


For beauty's sake she lives,
And, beauty's self, she gives
A finer seeming
To all the cloudless day;
And as she trips my way
I fall to dreaming
That Goddess Flora's come
Straight from elysium.

She moves with rhythmic grace,
And watchful eyes might trace
A flash of stocking.
The poetry of pose
Is hers—the stocking shows
A bit of clocking!
Those clocks are only fast
In that she hurries past.

The curls that veil her face
Seem music held in space
By golden tether,
And as she flouts her head—
Curls, lips and airy tread
All sing together,
In laughter's lightest vein,
A chorus of disdain!

Thus youth must have its fling
And spring must laugh and sing,
Scornful and joyous.
We ancients are more wise,
But, though we moralize,
The laughs annoy us.
I 'd have that youngster know
She 's not the entire show!





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