Poets Corner
Sonnet to a TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT (1721-1771)
Front Loading Type Washing Machine. .
Pure stream, in whose transparent wave
My soiled clothes, I'm wont to lave.
No stains resist thy fluid force,
No socks impede thy programmed course:
Revolving like a whirlpool lake
A charming maze thy waters make.
Cleansing by Ariel or Bold
And water that runs HOT and COLD.
Within thy flanks of gleaming white
My numerous shirts and socks delight
And wait the Timer's switched 'AVAIL'
To tumble out, and into pail.
Now heart's resolved and iron prepared
To polish the poetry we have shared.