LITTLE cat of an angel, Did the Virgin kiss you? Will the poor Dear miss you, Pretending with your lute? She has the other angel Perching near Her tissue, Cheek against Her foot, Peeping over his flute. Sleeky purring angel, Did She, feather by feather, Seek a red and green one For the Child to play? Will the other angel Shut his wings together, Spread for mocking and preen one, Flutter the Child away? Little cat of a darling, Did you bring the Virgin A glass with meadow-spurge in To light Her window-sill? With faint and dainty snarling Your wingy brother Rosy Set a columbine posy For Her skirts to spill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THREE GRAINS OF CORN; THE IRISH FAMINE by AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS A SPIRITUAL AND WELL-ORDERED MIND by HENRY ALFORD EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 13. CUPID IS A WARRIOR by PHILIP AYRES THE IDLER'S CALENDAR; MAY: THE LONDON SEASON by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 14. GOOD WIFE by THOMAS CAMPION KATRINA ON THE PORCH; A BIT OF TURNER PUT INTO WORDS by ALICE CARY |