(A painting by Whistler.)
A thing of flesh and blood? Not so!
Yet what you are I do not know.
A paper sword? A pasteboard flame?
Ah no, I cannot find the name!
Whate'er you are, 'tis not of earth,
Nor did high Heaven give you birth;
A marionette your mother? Well
But you were sired by Ariel!
A Stage-figure
Margaret Steele Anderson
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Poem topics: birth, heaven, mother, earth, flame, high, sword, paper, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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