PAMELA was too gentle to deceive Her roses. "Let the men stay where they are," She said, "and if Apollo's avatar Be one of them, I shall not have to grieve." And so she made all Tilbury Town believe She sighed a little more for the North Star Than over men, and only in so far As she was in a garden was like Eve. Her neighbors--doing all that neighbors can To make romance of reticence meanwhile-- Seeing that she had never loved a man, Wished Pamela had a cat, or a small bird, And only would have wondered at her smile Could they have seen that she had overheard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY: 3. CHANGE by JOHN DONNE THE VANISHING RED by ROBERT FROST THE SONG OF THE MOUTH-ORGAN by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE ON CHLORIS WALKING IN THE SNOW by WILLIAM STRODE FAREWELL TO CYNTHIA by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS DAWN ON THE HILLS (FROM A HOTEL WINDOW) by LILLIAN ATCHERSON TO MARY; OCCASIONED BY HER HAVING ENGRAVED ON A SEAL 'FORGET ME NOT' by BERNARD BARTON |