Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sat gossiping with Robert.
(She was really a raving beauty in her day.
With Mary Pickford curls in clouds and whirls.)
She was trying to think of something nice to say,
So she pointed to a page by her fellow star and sage,
And said: "I wish that I could write that way!"
Notes
Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is abcdcec.
1. Victorian poet, married to Robert Browning.
4. Mary Pickford: Toronto-born stage and screen actress,
"America's sweetheart," whose second husband was the
swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks.
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