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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LESE-MAJESTE, by HERBERT S. GORMAN Poet's Biography First Line: The idle chatter, rising like a fountain Last Line: Might comprehend her motor's feline purr. | |||
The idle chatter, rising like a fountain In slender gushes, sinks in silver mist Upon white shoulders. Higgins, from his mountain Of watchful inattention, seems to list. Colossus of wise butlers, for a minute He sways in clouds of conversation, turns His face against small flocks of words, and in it I catch a lightning flash that twists and burns. Now imperturbable he sees the lady Depart in warm chinchilla, thinks of her As something set apart and is afraid he Might comprehend her motor's feline purr. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BURNING BUSH by HERBERT S. GORMAN THE LAST FIRE by HERBERT S. GORMAN THE LOST HEART by HERBERT S. GORMAN IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 11 by ALFRED TENNYSON TO A LADY, WITH SOME PAINTED FLOWERS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 36 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE RING AND THE BOOK: BOOK 5. COUNT GUIDO FRANCESCHINI by ROBERT BROWNING |
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