THWEET Poethy! let me @3lithp@1 forthwith, That I may thhing of the name of Smith -- Which name, alath! In Harmony hath No adequate rhyme, letht you grant me thith, -- That the thimple thibillant thound of @3eth@1 -- (Which to thave my thoul, I can not expreth!) Thuth I may thhingingly, Wooingly and winningly Thu -- thu -- thound in the name of Smith. O give me a name that will rhyme with Smith, -- For wild and weird ath the sthrange name ith, I would sthrangle a sthrain And a thad refrain Faint and sthweet ath a whithpered kissth; I would thhing thome thong for the mythtic mitth Who beareth the thingular name of Smith -- The dathzlingly brilli-ant, Rarely rethilliant Ap -- pup -- pellation of Smith! O had I a name that would rhyme with Smith -- Thome rhythmical tincture of rethonant blith -- Thome melody rare Ath the cherubth blare On them little trumpeths they're foolin' with -- I would thit me down, and I'd thhing like thith Of the girl of the thingular name of Smith -- The sthrangely curiouth, Rich and luxuriouth Pup -- patronymic of Smith! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A RESTAURANT by SARA TEASDALE LONDON, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE POET AND THE BABY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE GIRL OF ALL PERIODS; AN IDYLL by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE EDEN BOWER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI WITH MY FANCY by KONSTANTIN DMITRIYEVICH BALMONT |