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London Types - VII. 'Lady'

By William Ernest Henley

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Time, the old humourist, has a trick to-day     Of moving landmarks and of levelling down,     Till into Town the Suburbs edge their way,     And in the Suburbs you may scent the Town.     With MOUNT ST. thus approaching MUSWELL HILL,     And CLAPHAM COMMON marching with the MILE,     You get a HAMMERSMITH that fills the bill,     A HAMPSTEAD with a serious sense of style.     So this fair creature, pictured in THE ROW,     As one of that 'gay adulterous world,' {79} whose round     Is by the SERPENTINE, as well would show,     And might, I deem, as readily be found     On STREATHAM'S HILL, or WIMBLEDON'S, or where     Brixtonian kitchens lard the late-dining air.

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William Ernest Henley

About William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) was an English poet, critic, and editor best known for his poem "Invictus" ("I am the master of my fate / I am the captain of my soul"). Written while recovering from tuberculosis of the bone, it has become one of the most quoted poems of courage and resilience.

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