A lady walking through the square With steamship tickets in her hand, To spend her summer in the Alps, Her winter in the Holy Land, Heard (or else dreamed), as she passed by The Orphan Home across the way, A small and clear and wondering voice From out a dormer window say, "And would you really rather climb Mont Blanc alone, than walk with me Out hunting Mayflowers in the woods Of Westerburn and Cloverlea? "Alas! And would you rather hear Cathedral choirs in cities far Than one at bedtime, on your lap, Say 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star'?" "A lonely Christmas would you spend By Galilee or Jordan's tide When a child's stocking you might fill And hang it by your own fireside?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A CATY-DID by PHILIP FRENEAU JAFFAR by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT AMORETTI: 30 by EDMUND SPENSER THE SONG OF THE DIAL by PETER AIREY AN EPITAPH UPON THE DEATH OF HIS AUNT, ELIZABETH SKRYMSHER by RICHARD BARNFIELD ANDRE by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: A LOFTY MIND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES QUATORZAINS: 7. ANOTHER FANTASTIC SIMILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |