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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LOVE AND MY HEART, by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, the days were ever shiny Last Line: And my heart's a ball of string. | |||
OH, the days were ever shiny When I ran to meet my love; When I press'd her hand so tiny Through her tiny tiny glove. Was I very deeply smitten? Oh, I loved like anything! But my love she is a kitten, And my heart's a ball of string. She was pleasingly poetic, And she loved my little rhymes; For our tastes were sympathetic, In the old and happy times. Oh, the ballads I have written, And have taught my love to sing! But my love she is a kitten, And my heart's a ball of string. Would she listen to my offer, On my knees I would impart A sincere and ready proffer Of my hand and of my heart. And below her dainty mitten I would fix a wedding ring -- But my love she is a kitten, And my heart's a ball of string. Take a warning, happy lover, From the moral that I show; Or too late you may discover What I learn'd a month ago. We are scratch'd or we are bitten By the pets to whom we cling. Oh, my love she is a kitten, And my heart's a ball of string. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NURSERY LEGEND by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH COSSIMBAZAR by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH CROOKED ANSWERS; DEDICATED TO THE LAUREATE: 2. MAUD by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH MY AFTER-DINNER CLOUD by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH MY THREE LOVES by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH ONLY SEVEN (A PASTORAL STORY AFTER WORDWORTH) by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH STANZAS TO AN INTOXICATED FLY by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH THE BALLAD OF BABY BUNTING by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH THE ROMAUNT OF HUMPTY DUMPTY by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH |
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