'Dans ce ravissant opera qu'on appelle l'amour, le libretto n'est presque rien.' -- VICTOR HUGO. IN THE TRAIN. AT last we are free, -- All hail, Hymenaeus! From C., and from D., -- At last! -- we are free. What a comfort 'twill be 'Mrs. Grundy' can't see us! At last we are free, -- All hail, Hymenaeus! FROM THE HOTEL WINDOW. 'What a mountain!' 'What ferns!' 'And a pond, too, for Rover!' Da capo -- in turns. 'What a mountain!' 'What ferns!' Meanwhile the toast burns, And the kettle boils over; -- 'What a mountain!' 'What ferns!' 'And a pond, too, for Rover.' THE FIRST WALK. 'Join hands for a peep. You must keep yourself steady. See the cliff goes down steep, -- Join hands for a peep. This they call "Lovers' Leap," -- We have leaped it already! Join hands for a peep. You must keep yourself steady!' ARCADIA. 'I can hear a sheep-bell.' 'There are doves cooing yonder.' 'It sounds like a spell, -- I can hear a sheep-bell.' 'Shall we like this as well -- In a twelvemonth?' 'I wonder!' 'I can hear a sheep-bell.' 'There are doves cooing yonder.' AT A BOOKSTALL. 'Here it is in the "Times",' -- 'Dear Charlie, -- how funny!' ''Twixt a "Smith" and a "Symes" , -- Here it is! -- in the "Times." And it's not with the "crimes"!' 'You must pay. I've no money! Here it is in the "Times", -- Dear Charlie, -- how funny!' MISGIVINGS (NO. 1). 'Poor Papa, -- he's alone!' She is sure he must miss her. There's a tear in the tone, -- 'Poor Papa! He's alone!' At this point, I own, There is naught but to kiss her. 'Poor Papa, -- he's alone!' She is sure he must miss her. MISGIVINGS (NO. 2). By-play as before. 'Then you'll love me for ever?' 'For ever -- and more!' (By-play as before.) 'Never think me a "bore"? -- Never laugh at me?' 'NEVER!!' By-play as before. 'Then you'll love me for ever?' THE SUM TOTAL. She is all that is sweet! I must learn to deserve her. Bright, kind ... I repeat -- She is all that is sweet! (Here a noise in the street Puts an end to my fervour.) She is all that is sweet! I must learn to deserve her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EUGENE CARMAN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A CARELESS HEART by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE OLD STOIC by EMILY JANE BRONTE MOONRISE by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE BUGLER'S FIRST COMMUNION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS YUSSOUF by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |