COUNTRYWOMEN
Thesebe twoCountry women.What a size!Grand big armsAnd round red faces;Big substantialSit down places;Great big bosoms firm as cheeseBursting through their country jackets;Wide big lapsAnd sturdy knees;Hands outspread,Round and rosy,Hands to holdA country posyOr a baby or a lamb—And such eyes!Stupid, shifty, small and slyPeeping through a slit of sty,Squinting through their neighbours’ plackets.1914.
Thesebe twoCountry women.What a size!Grand big armsAnd round red faces;Big substantialSit down places;Great big bosoms firm as cheeseBursting through their country jackets;Wide big lapsAnd sturdy knees;Hands outspread,Round and rosy,Hands to holdA country posyOr a baby or a lamb—And such eyes!Stupid, shifty, small and slyPeeping through a slit of sty,Squinting through their neighbours’ plackets.1914.
Thesebe twoCountry women.What a size!Grand big armsAnd round red faces;Big substantialSit down places;Great big bosoms firm as cheeseBursting through their country jackets;Wide big lapsAnd sturdy knees;Hands outspread,Round and rosy,Hands to holdA country posyOr a baby or a lamb—And such eyes!Stupid, shifty, small and slyPeeping through a slit of sty,Squinting through their neighbours’ plackets.
1914.