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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LESE-MAJESTE, by HERBERT S. GORMAN Poet's Biography First Line: The idle chatter, rising like a fountain Last Line: Might comprehend her motor's feline purr. | |||
The idle chatter, rising like a fountain In slender gushes, sinks in silver mist Upon white shoulders. Higgins, from his mountain Of watchful inattention, seems to list. Colossus of wise butlers, for a minute He sways in clouds of conversation, turns His face against small flocks of words, and in it I catch a lightning flash that twists and burns. Now imperturbable he sees the lady Depart in warm chinchilla, thinks of her As something set apart and is afraid he Might comprehend her motor's feline purr. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BURNING BUSH by HERBERT S. GORMAN THE LAST FIRE by HERBERT S. GORMAN THE LOST HEART by HERBERT S. GORMAN THE FUNERAL OF YOUTH: THRENODY by RUPERT BROOKE THE PET NAME by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE UNFORGIVEN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH GREEN AISLES by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE BEGINNING by RUPERT BROOKE |
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