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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHORTHAND, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, thomas jones, young business man Last Line: Since monday with a diamond ring. Subject(s): Secretaries; Stenography | |||
Ah, Thomas Jones, young business man, It was a very foolish plan To sit so long in business hours With your unfledged poetic powers Engaged in feeble, fluttering bliss, The net resultant being -- this: "I really do not understand Why that dear art is called shorthand. Her hand that darts the mystic signs Is long, with queenly tapering lines. Longhand I'll call it, whitehand too (Gleaming my darksome office through), And softhand, soft as kitten's fur, The hand of my stenographer! One other name is better still: 'Tis myhand, -- if she only will!" These lines, however, will explain Why Lucy Pratt is rather vain Of one white finger, glittering Since Monday with a diamond ring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STENOGRAPHY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE NEW STENOGRAPHER by ANONYMOUS MY STENOGRAPHER'S NOTABLE GLAMOUR by UNKNOWN HAD LINCOLN LIVED by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU FOUND THE BIBLE by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS HAVE YOU SEEN THE ANGELS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BABY by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE ORACULAR OWL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE PRESIDENT WHO DOES IT ALL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS THE TIME WILL COME by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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