John Kendall (dum-dum) Rise Poems
- 1. The Shores Of Nothing
There's a little lake that lies
In a valley, where the skies
Kiss the mountains, as they rise,
On the crown;
... - 2. Marie
In Several Keys
We hear the opening refrain,
... - 3. Summer Portents
Come, let us quaff the brimming cup
Of sorrow, bitterness, and pain;
For clearly, things are warming up
Again.
... - 4. Elegy On A Rhinoceros (recently Deceased)
Come, let us weep for Begum; he is dead.
Dead; and afar, where Thamis' waters lave
The busy marge, he lies unvisited,
Unsung; above no cypress branches wave,
... - 5. The Ballad Of Morbid Mothers
Why do you sit in the churchyard weeping?
Why do you cling to the dear old graves,
When the dim, drear mists of the dusk are creeping
Out of the marshes in wan, white waves?
... - 6. A Happy New Year
11.30 P.M., DEC. 31
Friend, when the year is on the wing,
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