Social Commentaries
Circumstance
From London Lyrics (1904)
Social Commentaries
It ripen'd by the river banks,
Where, musk and moonlight aiding,
Dons Whiskerandos play sad pranks,
Dark Donnas serenading.
By Moorish maiden it was pluck'd,
Who broke some hearts, they say, then,
By Saxon sweetheart it was suck'd,--
Who threw the peel away then.
How little thought the London Fair,
Or dark-eyed Girl of Seville,
That I should reel upon that peel,
And find my proper level!
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MLA
Locker-Lampson, Frederick. “Circumstance.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/locker-lampson/9/.
Chicago
Locker-Lampson, Frederick. “Circumstance.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/locker-lampson/9/.
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