Jenny is a butterfly, Jenny is a flirt, Jenny's ways are frivolous, Jenny's speech is pert; But, oh, the flashing smile of her And, oh, the willing glance! The grace and pep and style of her That makes my heart to dance! Mary is a steady girl, The girl I ought to wed. She's fair and wise and gentle With a loyal heart and head; Her virtues I could tell about For days and weeks, maybe, But—Jenny's cast a spell about The silly soul of me! Jenny is a butterfly Who lets dull care go hang, But, oh, the airy wit of her, The elfin charm and tang! Mary'd stand the gaff with me Throughout the toil and strife, But Jenny—Jenny'd laugh with me For very joy of life! And that—and that's the best of it— We'd share the vim and zest of it And—devil take the rest of it When Jenny is my wife! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) WRITTEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DELIRIUM by WILLIAM COWPER PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 54. AL-KAWI by EDWIN ARNOLD WILLIAM COWPER by WILLIAM BLAKE BIRDS OF PASSAGE: PRELUDE by MATHILDE BLIND A YEOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |