'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...THE DEAD PAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER THE CHURCH WINDOWS by GEORGE HERBERT THE SNOWING OF THE PINES' by THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON THREE SONNETS WRITTEN IN MID-CHANNEL: 3 by ALFRED AUSTIN AN EPILOGUE TO THE STEALING OF DIONYSOS: IACHOS SPEAKING by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |