Down stucco sidestreets,
Where light is pewter
And afternoon mist
Brings lights on in shops
Above race-guides and rosaries,
A funeral passes.
The hearse is ahead,
But after there follows
A troop of streetwalkers
In wide flowered hats,
Leg-of-mutton sleeves,
And ankle-length dresses.
There is an air of great friendliness,
As if they were honouring
One they were fond of;
Some caper a few steps,
Skirts held skilfully
(Someone claps time),
And of great sadness also.
As they wend away
A voice is heard singing
Of Kitty, or Katy,
As if the name meant once
All love, all beauty.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Prologue, spoken by Mr. Woods at Edinburgh by Robert Burns
- On Wenlock Edge The Wood’s In Trouble poem – A. E. Housman
- Robert Burns: Second Epistle To J. Lapraik:
- Comments: A Life Well Lived is Always an Inspiration – My Friend Muniappan Velu of Chennai, India
- Liebestod
- The Tables Turned by William Wordsworth
- Ballades III – Of Blue China poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Recantation by Sylvia Plath
- Алексей Толстой – Тебя так любят все
- The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje
- the_emigrant.html
- Василий Жуковский – Библия
- cats.html
- Юлия Друнина – Шторм
- The Heart Of The Woman by William Butler Yeats
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Cavalier of the Order of the Companions of Honour, was an English poet, novelist, and librarian.