Representative Poetry Online
On this day: November 26th
Random Poem of the Day
2 And in the dead of night,
4 I rise a weary wight.
6 My birds are kiss'd, and then
7I with a whistle shut the door,
8 I may not ope again.
Notes
1] Dante G. Rossetti, reviewing Skipsey's A Book of Lyrics on October 29, 1878, said that "`Get up' seems to me equal to anything in the language for direct and quiet pathetic force." Back to Line
3] bairns: children. Back to Line
5] dudden: duds, shabby clothes (old form of the plural? not in OED). Back to Line