THE WIFE FAIN would I be sleeping, dreaming: Heavy lies my head upon the pillow. Up and down the passage goes my husband's father, Angrily about it keeps he pacing. CHORUS Thumping, scolding, thumping, scolding,— Never lets his daughter sleep. FATHER-IN-LAW Up, up, up, thou sloven there! Up, up, up, thou sluggard there! Slovenly, slatternly, sluggardish slut! THE WIFE Fain would I be sleeping, dreaming: Heavy lies my head upon the pillow. Up and down the passage goes my husband's mother, Angrily about it keeps she pacing. CHORUS Thumping, scolding, thumping, scolding,— Never lets her daughter sleep. MOTHER-IN-LAW Up, up, up, thou sloven there! Up, up, up, thou sluggard there! Slovenly, slatternly, sluggardish slut! THE WIFE Fain would I be sleeping, dreaming: Heavy lies my head upon the pillow. Up and down the passage steals my well-beloved One,— All so lightly, softly, keeps he whispering. THE LOVER Sleep, sleep, sleep, my darling One! Sleep, sleep, sleep, my precious One! Driven out, thrown away, married too soon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FINIS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SORROWING LOVE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JONAS KEENE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 1. VIETNAM by KAREN SWENSON LOVE IN BLACK AND WHITE by KAREN SWENSON |