Montague Horatio Mostyn Turtle Pigott: A Little Novel (in four little chapters) (Poem)

 

A Little Novel
(in four little chapters)

CHAP. I

A little nook in garden shady;

A little squeeze of finger-tips ;
A little question to a lady;

A little “Yes** from rosy lips.

CHAP. II

A little flirting with another;

A little shadow on a blind;
A little tiff, a little bother:

A little bit of Beauty’s mind.

CHAP. III

A little coolness in the greeting;

A little rift within the lute;
A little hour of wild entreating;

A little lady, proudly mute.

CHAP. IV

A little note of sad upbraiding ;

A little poison in a glass;
A little willow-tree o’ershading

A little tomb-stone in the grass.

 

Montague Horatio Mostyn Turtle Pigott
(1865–1927)
Melody versus Malady (Poem)
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