Living
The Re-echo Club: as by Algernon Swinburne (Lady of Niger)
From The Re-echo Club
Living
O marvellous, mystical maiden,
With the way of the wind on the wing;
Low laughter thy lithe lips hath laden,
Thy smile is a Song of the Spring.
O typical, tropical tiger,
With wicked and wheedlesome wiles;
O lovely lost lady of Niger,
Our Lady of Smiles.
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Codex Note
A parody by Carolyn Wells, written in the manner of Algernon Swinburne as a contribution to the imagined Re-Echo Club (Lady of Niger).
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Algernon Swinburne (Lady of Niger).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/281/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Re-echo Club: as by Algernon Swinburne (Lady of Niger).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/281/.
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