Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEG MERRILEES, by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old meg she was a gipsy Last Line: She died full long agone! Variant Title(s): Old Meg;meg Merrilies Subject(s): Gypsies; Gipsies | ||||||||
I. OLD MEG she was a Gipsy, And liv'd upon the Moors: Her bed it was the brown heath turf, And her house was out of doors. II. Her apples were swart blackberries, Her currants pods o' broom; Her wine was dew of the wild white rose, Her book a churchyard tomb. III. Her Brothers were the craggy hills, Her Sisters larchen trees-- Alone with her great family She liv'd as she did please. IV. No breakfast had she many a morn, No dinner many a noon, And 'stead of supper she would stare Full hard against the Moon. V. But every morn of woodbine fresh She made her garlanding, And every night the dark glen Yew She wove, and she would sing. VI. And with her fingers old and brown She plaited Mats o' Rushes, And gave them to the Cottagers She met among the Bushes. VII. Old Meg was brave as Margaret Queen And tall as Amazon: An old red blanket cloak she wore; A chip hat had she on. God rest her aged bones somewhere-- She died full long agone! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ASSIMILATION OF THE GYPSIES by LARRY LEVIS THE SCHOLAR GIPSY by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE GYPSY by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS TO A GIPSY CHILD BY THE SEA-SHORE by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE GYPSIES [OR, GIPSIES] by HENRY HOWARTH BASHFORD SHUT OUT by KATHARINE LEE BATES A DREAM, AFTER READING DANTE'S EPISODE OF PAULO & FRANCESCA by JOHN KEATS |
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