Polly
Polly
Original Text
W. B. Rand, Lilliput Lyrics, ed. R. Brimley Johnson (London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899): 112-15. del F Fisher Rare Book Library.
1Brown eyes,
2 Straight nose;
3Dirt pies,
4 Rumpled clothes;
5Torn books,
6 Spoilt toys;
7Arch looks,
8 Unlike a boy's;
9Little rages,
10 Obvious arts;
11(Three her age is,)
12 Cakes, tarts;
13Falling down
14 Off chairs;
15Breaking crown
16 Down stairs;
17Catching flies
18 On the pane;
19Deep sighs,--
20 Cause not plain.
21Bribing you
22 With kisses
23For a few
24 Farthing blisses;
25Wide awake,
26 As you hear,
27"Mercy's sake,
28 Quiet, dear!"
29New shoes,
30 New frock;
31Vague views
32 Of what's o'clock
33When it's time
34 To go to bed,
35And scorn sublime
36 Of what is said;
37Folded hands,
38 Saying prayers,
39Understands
40 Not, nor cares;
41Thinks it odd,
42 Smiles away;
43Yet may God
44 Hear her pray!
45Bedgown white,
46 Kiss Dolly;
47Good-night!--
48 That's Polly,
49Fast asleep,
50 As you see;
51Heaven keep
52 My girl for me!
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 2000.
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