SWEET Jennifer came calling me Along the shining beach. "There's green upon the hawthorn tree There's bloom upon the peach. O, April's found the upland larch, The hazel in the hollow," But louder was the snare-drum with it's "March, march, march !" And clearer called the bugle, "Will you follow ?" Young Jennifer came seeking me With love upon her lips. "O, all kind angels keep the sea And fortune guard the ships. The Autumn winds have rent the larch, The south has won the swallow," But clearer beat the snare-drum with it's "March, march, march !" And sweeter sang the bugle, "Will you follow ?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CULPRIT FAY by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE WORD-PORTRAITS: THE DESCRIPTION OF SIR GEOFFREY CHAUCER by ROBERT GREENE SONNET: 144 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SONNETS FROM SERIES RELATING TO EDGAR ALLEN POE: 1 by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN BOY BRITTAN [FEBRUARY 8, 1862] by BYRON FORCEYTHE WILLSON NO MARVEL IS IT by BERNART DE VENTADORN THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 60. THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |