Lesbia Harford

Here you will find the Poem A Blouse Machinist of poet Lesbia Harford

A Blouse Machinist

Miss Murphy has blue eyes and blue-black hair, 
Her machine's opposite mine 
So I can stare 
At her pale face and shining blue-black hair. 
I'm sure that other people think her plain 
But I could look at her 
And look again 
Although I see why people think her plain. 
She's nice to watch when her machine-belt breaks. 
She has such delicate hands 
And arms, it takes 
Ages for her to mend it when it breaks. 
Oh, beauty's still elusive and she's fine. 
Though all the moulding 
Of her face, the line 
Of nose, mouth, chin is Mongol, yet she's fine. 
Of course things would be different in Japan. 
They'd see her beauty. 
On a silken fan 
They'd paint her for a princess in Japan. 
But still her loveliness eludes the blind. 
They never use their eyes 
But just their mind. 
So must much loveliness elude the blind.