It was an advertisement Appropriately bold ''" I cannot tell the maker. Nor where the stuff was sold; But in a glaring headline, With letters big and black. It promised to cure blushing, Or give the money back. Alas for maiden faces, All innocent and bright! Alas for maiden spirits, With childhood thoughts alight! Fareweli the glowing token Of purity and truth, And hail, cosmetic girlhood. And never-blushing youth! Bleach out the scarlet blossoms, Freeze hard the marble cheeks, And teach an equal simper If vice or virtue speaks; For blushes show unworldllness And hearts that still are pure, And there's a cure for blushing ''" But what con cure the cure? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SECRET by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: LAMBERT HUTCHINS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |