Social Commentaries
On a Picture of Hero and Leander
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
Why, Lover, why
Such a water rover?
Would she love thee more
For coming half seas over?
Why, Lady, why,
So in love with dipping?
Must a lad of Greece
Come all over dripping?
Why, Cupid, why
Make the passage brighter?
Were not any boat
Better than a lighter?
Why, Madam, why
So intrusive standing?
Must thou be on the stair
When he's on the landing?
Cite this poem
MLA
Hood, Thomas. “On a Picture of Hero and Leander.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/78/.
Chicago
Hood, Thomas. “On a Picture of Hero and Leander.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/78/.
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