Alphonso, Alphonso, Alphonso and Arabella <br />They happened to meet <br />A man in the street, <br />Who carried a gingham umbrella. <br /> <br />Alphonso possessed neither manners nor grace, <br />He made at this person a hideous face; <br />But how different the conduct of sweet Arabella, <br />Who praised with politeness the gingham umbrella. <br /> <br />The man was a nobleman, deeply disguised; <br />The compliment courteous he pointedly prized; <br />'Sweet creature,' he said, 'come away from this feller, <br />And take both my heart and my gingham umbrella!' <br /> <br />The very next morning they met in the church, <br />And foolish Alphonso was left in the lurch; <br />And they said, 'In the future you'll know how to tell a <br />Great lord from a loon, by his gingham umbrella!'<br /><br />Laura Elizabeth Richards<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gingham-umbrella/
