For C.G.B.
When she came on, you couldn’t keep your seat;
Fighting your way up through the orchestra,
Tup-heavy bumpkin, you confused your feet,
Fell in the drum; how we went ha ha ha!
But once you gained her side and started waltzing
We all began to cheer; the way she leant
Her cheek on yours and laughed was so exalting
We thought you were stooging for the management.
But no. What you did, any of us might.
And saying so I see our difference:
Not your aplomb (I used mine to sit tight),
But fancying you improve her. Where’s the sense
In saying love, but meaning indifference ?
You’ll only change her. Still, I’m sure you’re right.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Khabaram raseed imshab poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- He Has Lived In Many Houses by Thomas Lux
- from The Cave of Making by W H Auden
- Иннокентий Анненский – Леконт де Лиль. Над синим мраком ночи длинной
- Николай Гумилев – Командиру 5-го Александровского полка
- Sonnet XIV. Addressed To The Same (Haydon) poem – John Keats poems
- The Heart Of The Woman by William Butler Yeats
- Василий Курочкин – Счастливец
- Альфред Теннисон – Прощание
- Robert Burns: Wee Willie Gray:
- The Moon is a Painter by Vachel Lindsay
- The Princess: A Medley: Thy Voice is Heard poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Валерий Брюсов – Из Александрийской антологии. К Сапфо
- Robert Burns: On A Bank Of Flowers:
- The Human Seasons poem – John Keats poems
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.