Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SOUTHERN GIRL, by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK Poet's Biography First Line: Her dimpled cheeks are pale Last Line: In the world. | ||||||||
HER dimpled cheeks are pale; She's a lily of the vale, Not a rose. In a muslin or a lawn She is fairer than the dawn To her beaux. Her boots are slim and neat, -- She is vain about her feet, It is said. She amputates her r's, But her eyes are like the stars Overhead. On a balcony at night, With a fleecy cloud of white Round her hair -- Her grace, ah, who could paint? She would fascinate a saint, I declare. 'T is a matter of regret, She's a bit of a coquette, Whom I sing: On her cruel path she goes With a half a dozen beaux To her string. But let all that pass by, As her maiden moments fly, Dew-empearled; When she marries, on my life, She will make the dearest wife In the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A KISS IN THE RAIN by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK A LITTLE KNOT OF BLUE by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK BESSIE BROWN, M.D by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK MY GRANDMOTHER'S [TURKEY-TAIL] FAN by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK SASSAFRAS by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK THE CAPTAIN'S FEATHER by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK THE MASK by CLARISSA SCOTT DELANY ODE ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER by JORGE MANRIQUE LOVE'S RESURRECTION DAY by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON CRADLE SONG (TO A TUNE OF BLAKE'S): 1 by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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