Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch Town Poems
- 1. Alma Mater
Know you her secret none can utter?
Hers of the Book, the tripled Crown?
Still on the spire the pigeons flutter,
Still by the gateway flits the gown;
... - 2. Tim The Dragoon (from 'troy Town')
Be aisy an' list to a chune
That's sung of bowld Tim the Dragoon--
Sure, 'twas he'd niver miss
To be stalin' a kiss,
... - 3. Written Upon Love's Frontier-post. (from 'troy Town'.)
Toiling love, loose your pack,
All your sighs and tears unbind:
Care's a ware will break a back,
Will not bend a maiden's mind.
... - 4. To A Friend Who Sent Me A Box Of Violets
Nay, more than violets
These thoughts of thine, friend!
Rather thy reedy brook--
Taw's tributary--
... - 5. An Oath. (from 'troy Town'.)
A month ago Lysander pray'd
To Jove, to Cupid, and to Venus,
That he might die if he betray'd
A single vow that pass'd between us.
... - 6. Anecdote For Fathers
Designed to show that the practice of lying is not confined to children.
By the late W. W. (of H.M. Inland Revenue Service).
... - 7. The Regent - A Drama In One Act
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
CARL'ANTONIO, Duke of Adria
... - 8. Upon Graciosa, Walking And Talking. (from 'troy Town'.)
When as abroad, to greet the morn,
I mark my Graciosa walk,
In homage bends the whisp'ring corn,
Yet to confess
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