Time & Brevity

Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVIII

by George Meredith 1828–1909

From Poems — Volume 3

Time & Brevity

The villagers might call them mad;
An endless holiday they had,
Of pleasure in a serious work:
They taught by leaps where perils lurk,
And with the lambkins practised sports
For ’scaping Satan’s pounds and quarts.

MLA

Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/176/.

Chicago

Meredith, George. “Jump-to-Glory Jane: XVIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/176/.

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