A HALF - RECLINING form In a "sleepy-hollow" chair, A cloud of curls that storm About her beauty fair, Two laughing eyes that tell A shyly answered "Yes." A dainty hand to -- well, Say simply to caress. An airy little sprite In a billowy flood of lace, Which flutters in its flight In the galop's tripping grace. And, oh, the broken hearts Which follow the rapturous whirl! Oh, the Redfern gown, and the arts Of the annual summer girl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH ON HIMSELF by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE BOOK [OF THE WORLD] by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN A SUNRISE SONG by SIDNEY LANIER THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 97. A SUPERSCRIPTION by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: MARRIAGE MORNING by ALFRED TENNYSON THE KNIGHTS: DEMOS AND HIS FLATTERER by ARISTOPHANES THE SCEPTIC by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |