Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A RING POSY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Jess and jill are pretty girls
Last Line: Yet even there I lead the way.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Love


JESS and Jill are pretty girls,
Plump and well to do,
In a cloud of windy curls:
Yet I know who
Loves me more than curls or pearls.

I'm not pretty, not a bit --
Thin and sallow-pale;
When I trudge along the street
I don't need a veil:
Yet I have one fancy hit.

Jess and Jill can trill and sing
With a flute-like voice,
Dance as light as bird on wing,
Laugh for careless joys:
Yet it's I who wear the ring.

Jess and Jill will mate some day,
Surely, surely:
Ripen on to June through May,
While the sun shines make their hay --
Slacken steps demurely:
Yet even there I lead the way.





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