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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIGUREHEADS, by CICELY FOX SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: You never see a decent figure'ead Last Line: "in them old days at sea." | |||
"YOU never see a decent figure'ead -- Not now," Bill said, "A fiddlin' bit o' scroll-work at the bow That's the most now . . . But Lord! I've seen some beauties, more'n a few, An' some rare rum uns, too. "Folks in all sorts o' queer old-fashioned rigs -- Fellers in wigs -- Chaps in cocked 'ats an' 'elmets -- lords an' dukes -- Folks out o' books -- Niggers in turbans -- mandarins an' Moors -- An' 'eathen gods by scores. 'An' women in all kinds o' fancy dresses -- Queens an' princesses -- Witches on broomsticks, too -- an' spankin' girls With streamin' curls -- An' dragons, an' sea-serpents -- Lord knows what I've seen an' what I've not. "An' some's in breakers' yards, bleached bare with time An' thick with grime; An' some stuck up in gardens here an' there With plants for 'air; An' no one left as knows but chaps like me How fine with paint and gold they used to be In them old days at sea." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SAINT OF CORNWALL by CICELY FOX SMITH A SHIP IN A BOTTLE by CICELY FOX SMITH A YARN OF DAYS by CICELY FOX SMITH ADMIRAL DUGOUT by CICELY FOX SMITH AN ANGEL UNAWARES by CICELY FOX SMITH BILL'S CHRISTMASES by CICELY FOX SMITH BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE, 1915 by CICELY FOX SMITH |
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