{"id":665,"date":"2010-09-28T01:09:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T01:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=665"},"modified":"2017-07-12T01:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:37:09","slug":"the-looking-glass-by-rudyard-kipling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/the-looking-glass-by-rudyard-kipling\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LOOKING-GLASS BY RUDYARD KIPLING"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rudyard Kipling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE LOOKING-GLASS by RUDYARD KIPLING<\/p>\n

The Queen was in her chamber, and she was middling old,
\nHer petticoat was of satin, and her stomacher was gold.
\nBackwards and forwards and sideways did she pass,
\nMaking up her mind to face the cruel looking-glass.
\nThe cruel looking-glass that will never show a lass
\nAs comely or as kindly or as young as what she was!
\nThe Queen was in her chamber, a-combing of her hair.
\nThere came Queen Mary’s spirit and It stood behind her chair,
\nSinging, “Backwards and forwards and sideways may you pass,
\nBut I will stand beside you till you face the looking-glass.
\nThe cruel looking-glass that will never show a lass
\nAs lovely or unlucky or as lonely as I was.”
\nThe Queen was in her chamber, a-weeping very sore,
\nThere came Lord Leicester’s spirit and It scratched upon the door,
\nSinging, “Backwards and forwards and sideways may you pass,
\nBut I will walk beside you till you face the looking-glass.
\nThe cruel looking-glass that will never show a lass,
\nAs hard and unforgiving and as wicked as you was!”<\/p>\n

The Queen was in her chamber, her sins were on her head.
\nShe looked the spirits up and down and statelily she said:
\n“Backwards and forwards and sideways though I’ve been,
\nYet I am Harry’s daughter and I am England’s Queen!”
\nAnd she faced the looking-glass (and whatever else there was)
\nAnd she saw her day was over and she saw her beauty pass
\nIn the cruel looking-glass, that can always hurt a lass
\nMore hard than any ghost there is or any man there was!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE LOOKING-GLASS by RUDYARD KIPLING The Queen was in her chamber, and she was middling old, Her petticoat was of satin, and her stomacher was gold. Backwards and forwards and sideways did she pass, Making up her mind to face the cruel looking-glass. The cruel looking-glass that will never show a lass As comely or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,71,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1800s","category-kipling","category-poems-for-kids"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t