John Betjeman Hold Poems

  • 1.
    I made hay while the sun shone.
    My work sold.
    Now, if the harvest is over
    And the world cold,
    ...
  • 2.
    “Let us not speak, for the love we bear one another-
    Let us hold hands and look.”
    She such a very ordinary little woman;
    He such a thumping crook;
    ...
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The Song Of The Mouth-Organ
 by Robert Service

(With apologies to the singer of the “Song of the Banjo”.)

I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone;
I'm beloved by the Legion of the Lost;
I haven't got a “vox humana” tone,
And a dime or two will satisfy my cost.
I don't attempt your high-falutin' flights;
I am more or less uncertain on the key;
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