Discrimination.
Nathaniel Parker Willis 1806 (Portland) – 1867
I used to love a radiant girl -
Her lips were like a rose leaf torn;
Her heart was as free as a floating curl,
Or a breeze at morn;
Her step as light as a Peri's daughter,
And her eye as soft as gliding water.
Witching thoughts like things half hid
Lurk'd beneath her silken lashes,
And a modest droop of the veined lid
Oft hid their flashes -
But to me the charm was more complete
As the blush stole up its fringe to meet.
Paint me love as a honey bee!
Rosy mouths are things to sip;
Nothing was ever so sweet to me
As Marion's lip -
Till I learned that a deeper magic lies
In kissing the lids of her closed eyes.
Her sweet brow I seldom touch,
Save to part her raven hair;
Her bright cheek I gaze on much,
Her white hand is fair;
But none of these - I've tried them all -
Is like kissing her eyes as the lashes fall.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 804 |
Words | 173 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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