Milk! milk! milk! Straight as the Parson's bands, Streaming like silk Under and over her hands -- What is Mary scheming? What is Mary dreaming? Swish! swish! swish! Pressing her sweet young brow, Smooth as a dish, To the side of the sober cow -- Can she tell no tale then? Nought but milk and pail then? Strip! strip! strip! Far away over the sea Comes there a ship, The ship of all ships that be? Ah, little fairy! Ah, Mary, Mary! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASSIONS: AN ODE FOR MUSIC by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) TO THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE [1611] by MICHAEL DRAYTON TO CORINTH by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR HAWTHORNE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1885 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |