Dreaming of a prince, Cinderella sat among the ashes long ago; Dreaming of a prince, She scoured the pots and kettles till they shone; and so, After all and after all, Gaily at the castle ball Cinderella met her prince long and long ago! Dreaming of a prince, Sleeping Beauty lay in happy slumber, white and still; Dreaming of a prince, She waited for a hundred years, and then his bugles shrill, After all and after all, Woke the castle, bower, and hall, And he found her waiting him long and long ago! Dreaming of a prince, I polish bowl and tea-pot and the spoons, each one; Dreaming of a prince, I hang the new-washed clothes to wave a-drying in the sun; After all and after all, Great adventures may befall Like to those that happened once long and long ago! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES by FRANCOIS VILLON THIS LIME-TREE BOWER MY PRISON by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WHEN ALL IS DONE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SHUT OUT THAT MOON by THOMAS HARDY A MIDSUMMER'S NOON IN THE AUSTRALIAN FOREST by CHARLES HARPUR FIFTY FAGGOTS by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS GREEK POETESSES by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA RAISING THE DEVIL; A LEGEND OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |