Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch Town Poems
1. Alma Mater
Know you her secret none can utter?
Hers of the Book, the tripled Crown?
Still on the spire the pigeons flutter,
Still by the gateway flits the gown; ...
2. Tim The Dragoon (from 'troy Town')
Be aisy an' list to a chune
That's sung of bowld Tim the Dragoon--
Sure, 'twas he'd niver miss
To be stalin' a kiss, ...
3. Written Upon Love's Frontier-post. (from 'troy Town'.)
Toiling love, loose your pack,
All your sighs and tears unbind:
Care's a ware will break a back,
Will not bend a maiden's mind. ...
4. To A Friend Who Sent Me A Box Of Violets
Nay, more than violets
These thoughts of thine, friend!
Rather thy reedy brook--
Taw's tributary-- ...
5. An Oath. (from 'troy Town'.)
A month ago Lysander pray'd
To Jove, to Cupid, and to Venus,
That he might die if he betray'd
A single vow that pass'd between us. ...
6. Anecdote For Fathers
Designed to show that the practice of lying is not confined to children.
By the late W. W. (of H.M. Inland Revenue Service).
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7. The Regent - A Drama In One Act
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
CARL'ANTONIO, Duke of Adria
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8. Upon Graciosa, Walking And Talking. (from 'troy Town'.)
When as abroad, to greet the morn,
I mark my Graciosa walk,
In homage bends the whisp'ring corn,
Yet to confess ...
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Town Poems by Arthur Thomas Quiller-couch
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