New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes
New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes
New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> <strong>Poems</strong><br />
Just For Fun<br />
If Only<br />
Neil Harding McAlister<br />
If only I could spend my time in leisure,<br />
And never work to earn my daily bread.<br />
If only I had found a buried treasure,<br />
A sybaritic life I would have lead.<br />
Or what if I had been that treasure’s owner<br />
A pirate bold, on distant, tropic seas,<br />
With a bright, green parrot perched upon my shoulder,<br />
And a buxom wench ashore to wait for me!<br />
If only I had such a girl to love me!<br />
If only I were charming, rich, or fair!<br />
If only I could be a few years younger.<br />
If only I still had a head of hair.<br />
If only I had held my tongue when angry!<br />
If only I had spoken up in time!<br />
If only I had run a little faster!<br />
If only I’d been standing first in line!<br />
If only I’d been born to wealth and power,<br />
I know I could have been a mighty king,<br />
With bags of pearls and rubies in my coffers,<br />
And fingers all bedecked with golden rings.<br />
You’d find me living in a gorgeous palace<br />
With lofty towers climbing to the sky,<br />
And I’d be the master of a thousand servants <strong>–</strong><br />
If only pigs had wings, and cows could fly!<br />
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