Friday, August 31, 2012

Poetry Friday

I have decided that Poetry Friday means poems can be posted on Fridays--not necessarily that they will. The blogging has been slow, but the dissertating has been progressing so...compromise.

Anyway, I was looking for a poem about the start of school. I found this one instead and it amused me; so here it is.

The Latest School
G. K. Chesterton
See the flying French depart
Like the bees of Bonaparte,
Swarming up with a most venomous vitality.
Over Baden and Bavaria,
And Brighton and Bulgaria,
Thus violating Belgian neutrality.

And the injured Prussian may
Not unreasonably say
"Why, it cannot be so small a nationality
Since Brixton and Batavia,
Bolivia and Belgravia,
Are bursting with the Belgian neutrality."

By pure Alliteration
You may trace this curious nation,
And respect this somewhat scattered Principality;
When you see a B in Both
You may take your Bible oath
You are violating Belgian neutrality.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful...especially since you are one quarter Belgian heritage....

Diane said...

It sounds like Gilbert & Sullivan!