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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JENNIE, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now tell me all my fate, jennie Last Line: And kiss me if it's no! Subject(s): Love | |||
NOW tell me all my fate, Jennie, -- Why need I plainer speak? For you see my foolish heart has bled Its secret in my cheek! You must not leave me thus, Jennie, -- You will not, when you know, It is my life you're treading on At every step you go. Ah, should you smile as now, Jennie, When the wintry weather blows, The daisy, waking out of sleep, Would come up through the snows. Shall our house be on the hill, Jennie, Where the sumach hedges grow? You must kiss me, darling, if it's yes, And kiss me if it's no. It shall be very fine -- the door With bean-vines overrun, And th' window toward the harvestfield Where first our love begun. What marvel that I could not mow When you came to rake the hay, For I cannot speak your name, Jennie, If I've nothing else to say. Nor is it strange that when I saw Your sweet face in a frown, I hung my scythe in the apple-tree, And thought the sun was down. For when you sung the tune that ends With such a golden ring, The lark was made ashamed, and sat With her head beneath her wing. You need not try to speak, Jennie, You blush and tremble so, But kiss me, darling, if it's yes, And kiss me if it's no! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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