The Dearest Girl in Town
Thomas Arne
of Rule Britannia fame
born two hundred and seventy-five
years ago (Handel's coeval)
wrote an endearing piece
of an endearing piece
praising, yet lamenting
a state of affairs
where she whom
not only he loved
but they
and them
and all the others -
raised her fee
from half a crown
to half a guinea.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Labels:
Poetry
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