Poem by Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

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ALL night I lingered at the Beach
And trod the board walk up and down--
I vainly sought to cop a peach.
 
I had prepared a charming speech,
To woo the fair ones of the town--
All night I lingered at the Beach.
 
Quoth I "Sweet damsel I beseech
That you will smile on me," poor clown!
I vainly sought to cop a peach.
 
With the persistence of a leech,
I clung to every passing gown--
All night I lingered at the Beach.
 
I swore my love to all, but each
Passed me the haughty freezing frown--
I vainly sought to cop a peach.
 
I prayed to all, both white and brown--
They only "kicked my dog aroun."
All night I lingered at the Beach--
I vainly sought to cop a peach.

1. Even As a Child
2. A Regular Sort of a Guy
3. It's Great When You Get in
4. The Lay of the Singer's Fall
5. Villanelle of Ye Young Poet's First Villanelle to His Ladye and Ye Difficulties Thereof

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