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July 5, 2023The Princess: A Medley: Come down, O Maid
July 5, 2023The Skipping-Rope
SURE never yet was antelope
Could skip so lightly by.
Stand off, or else my skipping-rope
Will hit you in the eye.
How lightly Whirls the skipping-rope !
How fairy-like you fly !
Go, get you gone, you muse and mope —
I hate that silly sigh.
Nay, dearest, teach me how to hope,
Or tell me how to die.
There, take it, take my skipping-rope,
And hang yourself thereby.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was a British poet who served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during Queen Victoria's reign. Some of his most famous works include "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Ulysses," and "In Memoriam A.H.H."