Other lads, their ways are daring: Other lads, they're not afraid; Other lads, they show they're caring; Other lads -- they know a maid. Wiser Jock than ever you were, Will's with gayer spirit blest, Robin's kindlier and truer, -- Why should I love you the best? Other lads, their eyes are bolder. Young they are, and strong and slim, Ned is straight and broad of shoulder, Donald has a way with him. David stands a head above you, Dick's as brave as Lancelot, -- Why, ah why, then, should I love you? Naturally, I do not. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW IT STRIKES A CONTEMPORARY by ROBERT BROWNING WHISPERS OF IMMORTALITY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 50. WILLOWWOOD (2) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE THROSTLE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE LETTER by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II HYMN IX by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |