I want a soldier (A soldier in a uniform), I want a soldier to come and play around. I'd give him cocktails (Big ones, peppy ones), And caviar sandwiches heaped in a mound. I want a soldier (A tall one, no dead one), I want a soldier to beau me about. I don't want to marry one (They don't get pay enough), I'd not consider wedding one. No, that's out! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUSPEX by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE BOATMAN by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI BEFORE PARTING by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE YEW-TREES by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH PEPITA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO THE WINDS; A SONG by PHILIP AYRES |