Heart warm as Summer, fresh as Spring, Gracious as Autumn's harvesting, Pure as the Winter snows; as white A hand as lilies in sun-light; Eyes glorious as a midnight star; Hair shining as the chestnuts are; A step firm and majestical; A voice singing and musical; A soft expression, kind address; Tears for another's heaviness; Bright looks; an action full of grace; A perfect form, a perfect face; All these become a woman well, And these had Lady Isabelle. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXCHANGE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE COMET AT YELL'HAM by THOMAS HARDY THE MOWER AGAINST GARDENS by ANDREW MARVELL THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE FISHER'S BOY by HENRY DAVID THOREAU VILLANELLE, WITH STEVENSON'S ASSISTANCE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A CHARACTER OF JOHN MORT by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |