See my dainty little girl, Pink and white, and hair a-curl, At the height of happiness With a "spick-and-spandy" dress! Smoothing that way, pressing this, Every crinkle is a bliss, Every ruffle a delight, And the sash is heaven outright! Such an innocent am I With the latest book I buy. Use and thought and profitings, -- They are secondary things. Now, it quite suffices me Just to hold it lovingly, Breathe its fragrance on the air, Test the binding firm and fair, Press its cover like a friend, Turn its pages to the end, Note the type, the gilding fine, Write my name, and make it mine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ILLUSIONS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON MODERN LOVE: 1 by GEORGE MEREDITH TRAVELOGUE by EVA K. ANGLESBURG LYSISTRATA: HYMN OF PEACE; CHORUSES OF ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS by ARISTOPHANES EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 22. 'TIS HONOURABLE TO BE LOVE'S MARTYR by PHILIP AYRES LILIES: 20. 'SOME DAY I WILL TELL YOU' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |