Down stucco sidestreets,
Where light is pewter
And afternoon mist
Brings lights on in shops
Above race-guides and rosaries,
A funeral passes.
The hearse is ahead,
But after there follows
A troop of streetwalkers
In wide flowered hats,
Leg-of-mutton sleeves,
And ankle-length dresses.
There is an air of great friendliness,
As if they were honouring
One they were fond of;
Some caper a few steps,
Skirts held skilfully
(Someone claps time),
And of great sadness also.
As they wend away
A voice is heard singing
Of Kitty, or Katy,
As if the name meant once
All love, all beauty.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Шекспир – Весну не перельешь в хрусталь – Сонет 6
- Easter Hymn
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот за то, что я пою… (Главполитпросвет №153)
- Tumi Sandhyar Meghamala – You Are A Cluster Of Clouds – Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Back To The Border
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
- Sonnet 17 poem – John Milton poems
- The Eolian Harp by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Death Of Grant poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Before The Law by Michael Major
- Hands by Russell Edson
- Two Travellers in the Place Vendome poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Baptistry
- Robert Burns: Green Grow The Rashes: A Fragment
- Sonnet 136: If thy soul check thee that I come so near by William Shakespeare
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Cavalier of the Order of the Companions of Honour, was an English poet, novelist, and librarian.