In Rotten Row Poem by William Ernest Henley

In Rotten Row

Rating: 3.0


In Rotten Row a cigarette
I sat and smoked, with no regret
For all the tumult that had been.
The distances were still and green,
And streaked with shadows cool and wet.

Two sweethearts on a bench were set,
Two birds among the boughs were met;
So love and song were heard and seen
In Rotten Row.

A horse or two there was to fret
The soundless sand; but work and debt,
Fair flowers and falling leaves between,
While clocks are chiming clear and keen,
A man may very well forget
In Rotten Row.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ratnakar Mandlik 27 July 2016

Two sweet hearts on a bench were set Two birds among the boughs were met, So love and song were heard and seen In rotten row. Excellent flight of imagery. Thanks for sharing it here.

0 0 Reply
* Sunprincess * 18 November 2015

.........excellent write...rhymes nicely ★

1 0 Reply
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley

Gloucester / England
Close
Error Success