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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HUMBLE ROMANCE, by JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS First Line: Her ways were rather frightened, and she wasn't much to see Last Line: When first he came and sat beside the little girl in white. Subject(s): Love | |||
HER ways were rather frightened, and she wasn't much to see, She wasn't good at small talk, or quick at repartee; Her gown was somewhat lacking in the proper cut and tone, And it wasn't difficult to see she'd made it all alone. So the gay young men whose notice would have filled her with delight Paid very small attention to the little girl in white. He couldn't talk the theatre, for he hadn't time to go, And, though he knew that hay was high, and butter rather low, He couldn't say the airy things that other men rehearse, While his waltzing was so rusty that he didn't dare reverse. The beauties whom he signed for were most frigidly polite, So perforce he came and sat beside the little girl in white. She soon forgot her envy of the glittering beau monde, For their common love of horses proved a sympathetic bond. She told him all about the farm, and how she came to town, And showed the honest little heart beneath the homemade gown. A humble tale, you say, -- and yet he blesses now the night When first he came and sat beside the little girl in white. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD OF COURSE by JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS |
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