{"id":118704,"date":"2023-03-11T22:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T03:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118704"},"modified":"2023-03-11T22:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T03:18:40","slug":"dorothy-parkers-song-in-a-minor-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118704","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Parker&#8217;s Song in a Minor Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118704\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118704\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118705 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dorothy-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dorothy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dorothy.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>There&#8217;s a place I know where the birds swing low,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And wayward vines go roaming,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Where the lilacs nod, and a marble god<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Is pale, in scented gloaming.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And at sunset there comes a lady fair<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Whose eyes are deep with yearning.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>By an old, old gate does the lady wait<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Her own true love&#8217;s returning.<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>But the days go by, and the lilacs die,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And trembling birds seek cover;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Yet the lady stands, with her long white hands<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Held out to greet her lover.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And it&#8217;s there she&#8217;ll stay till the shadowy day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>A monument they grave her.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>She will always wait by the same old gate, \u2014<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>The gate her true love gave her.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karen Beishuizen There&#8217;s a place I know where the birds swing low, And wayward vines go roaming, Where the lilacs nod, and a marble god Is pale, in scented gloaming. 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