Country Sentiment by Robert Ranke Graves
page 31 of 64 (48%)
page 31 of 64 (48%)
|
Proud gods, humbled, sunk so low, Living with ghosts and ghouls, And ghosts of ghosts and last year's snow And dead toadstools. BALOO LOO FOR JENNY. Sing baloo loo for Jenny And where is she gone? Away to spy her mother's land, Riding all alone. To the rich towns of Scotland, The woods and the streams, High upon a Spanish horse Saddled for her dreams. By Oxford and by Chester, To Berwick-on-the-Tweed, Then once across the borderland She shall find no need. A loaf for her at Stirling, A scone at Carlisle, Honeyed cakes at Edinbro'-- That shall make her smile. |
|