May
A private view? 'Tis plain to you,
'Tis neither "private" nor a "view"!
And yet for tickets people rush,
To mingle in the well-dressed crush,
And come and wonder who is who.
The beauties, poets, actors, too,
With patrons, painters — not a few,
Are elements that help to flush
A Private View.
The pictures, you can't hope to do;
You're angered by the "precious" crew,
And pallid maids who flop and gush.
While carping critics who cry "Tush!"
And wildly wrangle, make you rue
A Private View.
~~
J. Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917)
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