Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MA BELLE, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: For your eyes of heavenly hue Last Line: I dearly love you. Subject(s): Beauty; Good; Love | ||||||||
FOR your eyes of heavenly hue, Heather blue-bells steeped in dew, In whose depths my mirrored self Smiles at me like tiny elf, I dearly love you. For your braided silken hair Waving from a forehead fair, Like the gossamer in sheen, Like a poet's dream, I ween, I dearly love you. For your lips of perfect mold, Rosebuds ere they quite unfold, When they smiling ope to speak, Dancing dimples star the cheek, I dearly love you. For your hands like lilies fair Breathing perfume on the air, For the gentle, timid clasp In my warm, impassioned grasp, I dearly love you. These are charms like flowers sweet, But aloneare incomplete For your heart and mind, ma belle, Where the Christian graces dwell, I dearly love you. | 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 CRADLE SONG (FOND NONSENSE) by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON |
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