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64486: Neglectful Edward

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Nancy:
'Edward back from the Indian Sea,
What have you brought for Nancy?'
Edward:
'A rope of pearls and a gold earring,
And a bird of the East that will not sing,
A carven tooth, a box with a key---'
Nancy:
'God be praised you are back,' says she,
'Have you nothing more for your Nancy?'
Edward:
'Long as I sailed the Indian Sea
I gathered all for your fancy;
Toys and silk and jewels I bring,
And a bird of the East that will not sing:
What more can you want, dear girl, from me?'
Nancy:
'God be praised you are back,' said she,
'Have you nothing better for Nancy?'
Edward:
'Safe and home from the Indian Sea,
And nothing to take your fancy?'
Nancy:
'You can keep your pearls and your gold earring,
And your bird of the East that will not sing,
But, Ned, have you nothing more for me
Than heathenish gew-gaw toys?' says she,
'Have you nothing better for Nancy?'

History

Identifier

3441.txt

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Date

(1995, 1997, 1999)

Date Created

01/01/1997

Temporal Date

31/12/1999

Type

Poem

Rights

The Robert Graves Copyright Trust / Published in Graves, R. (1999) Complete Poems: Volumes 1 - 3. Eds. B. Graves and D. Ward. London: Penguin Books.

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ProQuest

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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