Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The Worlds Best Poetry. Volume VI. Fancy. 1904. | | Poems of Sentiment: II. Life | The Family Skeleton | George Meredith (18281909) |
| From Modern Love AT dinner she is hostess, I am host. | |
Went the feast ever cheerfuller? She keeps | |
The topic over intellectual deeps | |
In buoyancy afloat. They see no ghost. | |
With sparkling surface-eyes we ply the ball: | 5 |
It is in truth a most contagious game; | |
HIDING THE SKELETON shall be its name. | |
Such play as this the devils might appall! | |
But here s the greater wonder; in that we, | |
Enamored of our acting and our wits, | 10 |
Admire each other like true hypocrites. | |
Warm-lighted glances, Loves Ephemeræ, | |
Shoot gayly oer the dishes and the wine. | |
We waken envy of our happy lot. | |
Fast, sweet, and golden, shows our marriage-knot. | 15 |
Dear guests, you now have seen Loves corpse-light shine! | | | |
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