Lesbia Harford

Here you will find the Poem I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs of poet Lesbia Harford

I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs

'I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs 
Of finest lawn. 
I used to have silk shirts and fine new suits.' 
He's like a faun 
This darling out-at-elbows Irish boy. 
'Those were the days 
Before the war 
When money could be earned a thousand ways. 
But now?last week I had a muslin bag 
For handkerchief! 
No socks, no shirts'?but wiles and smiles and gleams 
Beyond belief.