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Poem by Dorothy Parker


Indian Summer


In youth, it was a way I had
  To do my best to please,
And change, with every passing lad,
  To suit his theories.

But now I know the things I know,
  And do the things I do;
And if you do not like me so,
  To hell, my love, with you!



Dorothy Parker

Poem Theme: Indian Summer

Dorothy Parker's other poems:
  1. Chant for Dark Hours
  2. I Know I Have Been Happiest
  3. I Shall Come Back
  4. Condolence
  5. To a Much Too Unfortunate Lady


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • John Tabb Indian Summer ("NO more the battle or the chase")
  • Hamlin Garland Indian Summer ("AT last there came")
  • Lydia Sigourney Indian Summer ("WHEN was the redman's summer?")
  • Sara Teasdale Indian Summer ("LYRIC night of the lingering Indian summer")
  • Henry Van Dyke Indian Summer ("A soft veil dims the tender skies")
  • Katharine Tynan Indian Summer ("This is the sign!")
  • Emily Dickinson Indian Summer ("These are the days when birds come back")
  • Danske Dandridge Indian Summer ("Yes, the sweet summer lingers still")

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