Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A MAID OF THIRTEEN, by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER First Line: How blithe you are, and tall Last Line: So tall, and unafraid! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; Envy; Household Employees; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Servants; Domestics; Maids | ||||||||
How blithe you are, and tall, And oh, so good to see! How eager with the ball And for its mastery! You rise, a laughing joy, Intent that all the day No rougher youngling boy A better game shall play. At tennis how you run The net is nought to leap! On your flushed cheek the sun, Your eyes brown-bright from sleep! At golf how free your arm; The waves know its caress. Grief takes a quick alarm At your sweet sprightliness! Your crown the mightiest queen Must envy, laughing maid: Who would not be thirteen, So tall, and unafraid! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IBIS; FOR LORI GOLDENSOHN by NORMAN DUBIE PLAINT OF THE POET IN AN IGNORANT AGE by CAROLYN KIZER LEDA'S HANDMAIDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE HOUSEKEEPER by ROBERT FROST A MOTHER'S HEART by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER |
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