I know something you don’t know
I want you to listen to the tale
I know a reasonable woman
Handsome and witty, yet a friend
She’s got the right amount of passion
She isn’t into rumour
Not too serious or too dumb
An equal mixture of good humour
And sweet, sweet memories
Sweet, sweet memories
Sweet memories […]
Has he got any faults then?
Yes, she has one I must admit
When all the world tries to praise her
She refuses to hear it
She’s got the right amount of passion
Not too serious or too dumb
An equal mix of good humour
And sweet, sweet memories
Sweet, sweet memories […]
She’s got the right amount of passion
She isn’t into rumour
Not too serious or too dumb
An equal mix of good humour
And sweet, sweet memories
And sweet, sweet memories
Sensible soft and melancholy
Sweet, sweet memories […]
Sweetest thing you ever saw
Hey yeah, sweet, sweet memories
Sweet, sweet memories
Taking me back
Taking me back
Taking me back
Some lyrics borrowed from the poem “On A Certain Lady At Court” by Alexander Pope:
I KNOW a thing that's most uncommon
(Envy, be silent and attend!)
I know a reasonable woman,
Handsome and witty, yet a friend.
Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour;
Not grave through pride, nor gay through folly;
An equal mixture of good-humour
And sensible soft melancholy.
'Has she no faults then
(Envy says),
Sir?' Yes, she has one, I must aver:
When all the world conspires to praise her,
The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
‘Alexander Pope’s ‘On a Certain Lady at Court’ is a poem about the unrequited love the speaker had for Catharine Howard, one of Queen Caroline’s waiting-women. Throughout the poem, it is described how everyone can see the beauty, grace, and intelligence of Howard except “Envy,” which remains a mute listener in the first two stanzas. It does not remain silent as it has nothing to comment upon the lady’s character, but the poet asks it so. However, in the end, the poet satirically remarks that the lady, being deaf, cannot listen to the world praising her wit.’ X
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