JUST a picture of Somebody's child, -- Sweet face set in its golden hair, Violet eyes, and cheeks of rose, Rounded chin, with a dimple there, Tender eyes where the shadows sleep, Lit from within by a secret ray, -- Tender eyes that will shine like stars When love and womanhood come this way: Scarlet lips with a story to tell, -- Blessed be he who shall find it out, Who shall learn the eyes' deep secret well, And read the heart with never a doubt. Then you will tremble, scarlet lips, Then you will crimson, loveliest cheeks: Eyes will brighten and blushes will burn When the one true lover bends and speaks. But she's only a child now, as you see, Only a child in her careless grace: When Love and Womanhood come this way Will any thing sadden the flower-like face? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FATHER WILLIAM [QUESTIONED], FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON THE UNSUNG HEROES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LA BELLA BONA ROBA by RICHARD LOVELACE ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN by GEORGE ADE ANDROMEDA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LINES TO SAMUEL ROGERS IN WALES ON EVE OF BASTILLE DAY 1791 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |