CAN you make me a cambric shirt, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Without any seam or needlework? And you shall be a true lover of mine. Can you wash it in yonder well, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Where never sprung water, nor rain ever fell? And you shall be a true lover of mine. Can you dry it on yonder thorn, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Which never bore blossom since Adam was born? And you shall be a true lover of mine. Now you've asked me questions three, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, I hope you'll answer as many for me, And you shall be a true lover of mine. Can you find me an acre of land, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Between the salt water and the sea sand? And you shall be a true lover of mine. Can you plough it with a ram's horn, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, And sow it all over with one peppercorn? And you shall be a true lover of mine. Can you reap it with a sickle of leather, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, And bind it up with a peacock's feather? And you shall be a true lover of mine. When you have done and finished your work, Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Then come to me for your cambric shirt, And you shall be a true lover of mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PHANTOMS ALL by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD LINES ON THE DEATH OF PHILIP MEADOWS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD NIGHT WATCHERS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE BLIND GIRL OF CASTEL-CUILLE by JACQUES BOE THE SHEPHERD'S PIPE: SEVENTH ECLOGUE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACHE by ROBERT BURNS SEA RHAPSODY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON FAMILIAR EPISTLES ON A SERMON, 'OFFICE & OPERATIONS OF HOLY SPIRIT': 5 by JOHN BYROM |