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
- Иван Киуру – От северной половины земного шара
- Юрий Левитанский – Кто-то так уже писал
- Day That I Have Loved by Rupert Brooke
- The Rice Boat
- Hope In Spring by William Barnes
- Letter To A Purist by Sylvia Plath
- Convalescence poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Федор Сологуб – Словами горькими надменных отрицаний
- Валерий Брюсов – Еврейским девушкам
- Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning
- Владимир Высоцкий – Тексты для капустника к 5-летию Театра на Таганке
- For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 66. Томас Мур.
- Out over the Forth (Song) by Robert Burns
- The Fool Errant poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
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.