Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHITE AN' BLUE, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My love is o' comely height an' straight Last Line: But gi'e her my breast-knot, white an' blue? Subject(s): Beauty; Love | ||||||||
My love is o' comely height, an' straight, An' comely in all her ways an' gait, In feace she do show the rwose's hue, An' her lids on her eyes be white on blue. When Elemley clubmen walk'd in May An' vo'k come in clusters, ev'ry way;, As soon as the zun dried up the dew, An' clouds in the sky wer white on blue, She come by the down, wi' trippen walk, By deaisies, an' sheenen banks o' chalk, An' brooks, where the crowvoot flow'rs did strew The sky-tinted water, white on blue. She nodded her head, as play'd the band; She dapp'd wi' her voot, as she did stand; She danced in a reel, a-wearen new A skirt wi' a jacket, white wi' blue. I singled her out vrom thin an' stout, Vrom slender an' stout I chose her out; An' what, in the evenen, could I do, But gi'e her my breast-knot, white an' blue? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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