Hither, Blanche! 'Tis you and I. Now that not a fool is by To say we fool it -- let us fool! We, you know, in mind are one, Alumni of no fagging school; Superfluous business still we shun; And ambition we let go, The while poor dizzards strain and strive, Rave and slave, drudge and drive, Chasing ever, to and fro, After ends that seldom gain Scant exemption from life's pain. But preachment proses, and so I. Blanche, round your furred neck let me tie This Order, with brave ribbon, see, -- The King he pinned it upon me. But, hark ye, sweeting -- well-a-day! Forever shall ye purr this way -- Forever comfortable be? Don't you wish now 'twas for ye, Our grandiose eternity? Pish! what fops we humans here, Won't admit within our sphere The whitest doe, nor even thee -- We, the spotless humans, we! Preaching, prosing -- scud and run, Earnestness is far from fun. Bless me, Blanche; we'll frisk to-night, Hearts be ours lilt and light -- Gambol, skip, and frolic, play: Wise ones fool it while they may! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WIND by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON OCTOBER by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE UNIVERSAL MOTHER by SABINE BARING-GOULD LOVE IS STRONG by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON LINES ON LEAVING A SCENE IN BAVARIA by THOMAS CAMPBELL A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE: PROLOGUE by SUSANNA (FREEMAN) CENTLIVRE |