| Rupert Brooke (1887–1915). Collected Poems. 1916. |
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| I. 1905–1908 |
| 6. Wagner |
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| CREEPS in half wanton, half asleep, | |
| One with a fat wide hairless face. | |
| He likes love-music that is cheap; | |
| Likes women in a crowded place; | |
| And wants to hear the noise they’re making. | 5 |
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| His heavy eyelids droop half-over, | |
| Great pouches swing beneath his eyes. | |
| He listens, thinks himself the lover, | |
| Heaves from his stomach wheezy sighs; | |
| He likes to feel his heart’s a-breaking. | 10 |
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| The music swells. His gross legs quiver. | |
| His little lips are bright with slime. | |
| The music swells. The women shiver. | |
| And all the while, in perfect time, | |
| His pendulous stomach hangs a-shaking. | 15 |
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