Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWN AND COUNTRY, by WILLIAM FRENCH COLLINS First Line: You'd admire my city sweetheart Last Line: All the while! Subject(s): Flirtation; Love | ||||||||
I. YOU'd admire my city sweetheart (If you met her) For her style. Yes! you'd praise her beauteous face, And her figure's perfect grace! Ah! how daintily she walks, And how charmingly she talks! Yet -- I think you could forget her, -- Could forget that artful maiden In a while! Though you'd praise my city sweetheart And her style. II. But you'd love my country sweetheart (If you met her) For her smile. And her trusting eyes of blue Would have far more charm for you Than the changing laugh and frown Of the fair coquette in town -- Ah! You never could forget her, -- Ne'er forget that artless maiden And her smile; For you'd love my country sweetheart All the while! | 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 CONDITIONALLY by WILLIAM FRENCH COLLINS |
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