A SWEETNESS of temper unsurpassed and unforgettable, A mole on the cheek whose absence would have been regrettable, A ripple of pleasant converse full of modulation, A bearing of inconveniences without vexation, Till a cynic would find her amiability provoking, Tempting him to indulge in mean and wicked joking. Flawlessly oval of face, especially cheek and chin, With a glance of a quality that beckoned for a glance akin, A habit of swift assent to any intelligence broken, Before the fact to be conveyed was fully spoken And she could know to what her colloquist would win her, -- This from a too alive impulsion to sympathy in her, -- All with a sense of the ridiculous, keen yet charitable; In brief, a rich profuse attractiveness unnarratable. I should have added her hints that her husband prized her but slenderly, And that (with a sigh) 'twas a pity she'd no one to treat her tenderly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A CARRIER WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE WAVES OF BREFFNY by EVA GORE-BOOTH THE LOWEST PLACE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI HEATHER ALE: A GALLOWAY LEGEND by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 22. 'TIS HONOURABLE TO BE LOVE'S MARTYR by PHILIP AYRES THE OLD CAMP; WRITTEN IN A ROMAN FORTIFICATION IN BAVARIA by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |