Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARYETTE MYERS, by JULIA A. MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come all you sympathizing friends, wherever you may be Last Line: He loved this handsome maryette, the lily of the west. Alternate Author Name(s): Sweet Singer Of Michigan Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
Come all you sympathizing friends, wherever you may be, I pray you pay attention and listen unto me; For it's of a fair young lady, she died, she went to rest, She was called handsome Maryette, the lily of the west. Her name was Maryette Myers, and her age I do not know, Her cheeks were red as roses, her eyes were black as sloes; She was loved by all surrounding friends, and some that loved her best, They called her handsome Maryette, the lily of the west. She was a fair young damsel as ever you wish to see, And in the circle of her friends they miss her company; They miss the merry laughter of that loved one gone to rest, They called her handsome Maryette, the lily of the west. She was before the looking glass, poor girl, her hair to comb, She was taken blind, she nearly fell, she only gave a moan, Her friends they caught her in their arms and laid her down to rest, She was the handsome Maryette, the lily of the west. She was away from home, and her mother dear had come To see her darling daughter, her dear loving one; She left a true lover, a lover with the rest, That loved this handsome Maryette, the lily of the west. "She was buried on her wedding day," these words a friend gave, Her lover went as a mourner, a mourner to her grave, His name was Forest Dilly, a young man over west, He loved this handsome Maryette, the lily of the west. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES ADVICE TO LITTLE CHILDREN by JULIA A. MOORE |
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