Consider the Years Quotes

“You cannot find comfort in ducks.
Stoop to look into those beady brown eyes,
and they will tell you nothing.

- The Bridge, St. James's Park”
― Virginia Graham, Consider the Years

“Before they fade for ever from our sight,
Sailing like ghostly ships into the night,
Let there be one luxurious hour in which
We pause awhile to contemplate the rich.

Consider them once more before they pass
Into a more fashionable class,
Though it is true their loss shall be our gain,
Weep, for we shall not see their like again.

Let us be honest now, and testify
That many of them pleased the outward eye,
Their cars and yachts were lovely to behold,
Beauty they bought, and colour, with their gold.

And oh! Their houses, rising from the green
Of peacocked lawns more smooth than velveteen.
Palladian porticos, and warm pink towers
Set in a scented sea of English flowers.

Slandered so joyfully throughout the years,
Unmourned they go, unwashed by any tears
From eyes that once were strained to witness capers
Cut for their benefit in weekly papers.

Thus they depart into a strange new land,
Speaking a tongue, they do not understand;
So for a little moment, with regret,
Let us remember them - and then forget.

-Vale!”
― Virginia Graham, Consider the Years

“When you're in bed to-night think not of wars,
But rather of the Panda fast asleep,
Her piebald head cushioned on woolly paws;
Or think of velvet mice that warmly creep

Into their holes to curl up round and soft.
Transfer your thoughts from bellicose affairs;
Though it be true that bombers fly aloft,
Try to reflect on little furry bears.

- Sleeping Mixture”
― Virginia Graham, Consider the Years

“Somewhere there must be women reading books,
and talking of chicken rissoles to their cooks …

(from,‘Somewhere in England’)”
― Virginia Graham, Consider the Years