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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONNET IN DIALOGUE, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come to the terrace, may, the sun is low Last Line: There are no eyes more beautiful than yours! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Eyes | |||
FRANK (on the Lawn). COME to the Terrace, May, -- the sun is low. MAY (in the House). Thanks, I prefer my Browning here instead. FRANK. There are two peaches by the strawberry bed. MAY. They will be riper if we let them grow. FRANK. Then the Park-aloe is in bloom, you know. MAY. Also, her Majesty Queen Anne is dead. FRANK. But surely, May, your pony must be fed. MAY. And was, and is. I fed him hours ago. 'Tis useless, Frank, you see I shall not stir. FRANK. Still, I had something you would like to hear. MAY. No doubt some new frivolity of men. FRANK. Nay, -- 'tis a thing the gentler sex deplores Chiefly, I think... MAY (coming to the window). What is this secret, then? FRANK (mysteriously). There are no eyes more beautiful than yours! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ DUST IN THE EYES by ROBERT FROST THE CEREMONY OF OPENING THE MOUTH AND THE EYES by FORREST GANDER YOUR EYES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THROUGH A GLASS EYE, LIGHTLY by CAROLYN KIZER A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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