Chips, fragments and vestiges by Gail Hamilton collected and arranged by H. Augusta Dodge |
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IN ANSWER FOR “SOMETHING SWEET AND PRETTY JUST LIKE YOURSELF.”
A clam to your flounces tenaciously clinging—The bell of the milkman his matinals ringing—
A cabbage upreared by your lilies and roses,
A hand 'neath the hinge of the door when it closes—
The dragon of Wantley, whose taste architectural
Makes us fancy the tale was extremely conjectural—
A pony descended from old Rosinante,—
The sunflower in front of an Irishman's shanty—
A talker who makes the chief part of his role, “Oh”—
A donkey who brays a duet to your solo—
A needle thrust under your delicate nail—
An epic by Blackmore—the Knights of the Grail—
The gravy upset on your lavender silk,
The salt in your coffee, your sleeve in the milk—
A small boy in the parlor entirely de trop—
(How many there should be you very well know)—
I give since you asked me, you mischievous elf,
For “something sweet and pretty just like myself.”
| Chips, fragments and vestiges by Gail Hamilton | |