Guest Poet (8)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010|
Light verse springs from a long and distinguished tradition. Following are lines from Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, a member of the British Parliament representing Oxford and longtime contributor to Punch, who wrote under the byline A.P. Herbert.
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Lines for a Worthy Person Who has drifted by accident Into a Chelsea revel It is a very curious fact That those who write or paint or act, Compose or etch Or sculp or sketch, Or practise things like potteryHave not got consciences like us, Are frankly not monogamous; Their moral tone Is all their own, Their love affairs a lottery.It’s hard to say why writing verse Should terminate in drink or worse, Why flutes and harps And flats and sharps Should lead to indiscretions;But if you read the Poets’ Lives You’ll find the number of their wives In fact exceeds The normal needsOf almost all professions. |
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