Lesbia Harford Poems

'I want a parlourmaid.'
'Well, let me see
If you were God, what kind of maid she'd be.'
'She would be tall,
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Cherry plum blossom in an old tin jug —
Oh, it is lovely, beautiful and fair,
With sun on it and little shadows mixed
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When day is over
I climb up the stair,
Take off my dark dress,
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He's out of work!
I tell myself a change should mean a chance,
And he must look for changes to advance,
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They say she was a creature of the moor,
A lover of the angels, silence bound.
She sought no friendships. She was too remote,
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Miss Murphy has blue eyes and blue-black hair,
Her machine's opposite mine
So I can stare
At her pale face and shining blue-black hair.
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There's a big park just close to where we live —
Trees in a row
And shaggy grass whereon the dead leaves blow.
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Through the Museum
I stroll, and see
Goblets fashioned in Arcady,
Spears from the Islands, and robes from Tyre—
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And is love very strong where honour rules?
Would the world ever speak of Lancelot's love
Or Tristram's love had they put honour first?
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All through the day at my machine
There still keeps going
A strange little tune through heart and head
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