Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PATSY NELL, by LOUISE POBAR


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PATSY NELL, by                    
First Line: She is a child of divorce
Last Line: This gentle, lovely patsy nell.
Subject(s): Beauty


She is a child of divorce.
I have not known her very long.
She always comes as quietly and gently
As flakes of falling snow, or rose petals,
Or Autumn leaves, and I am unaware
That she is near, until looking up or down
As it may be, I find her standing there.
She is so little -- so wistful -- and just six.
And she is beautiful, with a beauty
That plays upon the harp strings
Of the heart.
Her hair is the color of rich old mahogany,
Sheened as burnished copper, in the sun;
It softly frames her brow and face
With curling tendrils, that resemble
A lovely pattern of fine old lace.
Her eyes are twin pools of beauty,
The beauty of a limpid shaded stream.
Her mouth -- one just knows
Could only have been fashioned
From a new-born baby rose.
The gracious curves of her little neck,
And arms and limbs,
Like pure white marble gleam.
She is the very essence of
An old master's sculptured dream.
She is exquisite as some rare flower
Found only in a secluded dell,
Yet -- she is a child of divorce,
This gentle, lovely Patsy Nell.





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