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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO VARIATIONS ON AN OLD NURSEY RHYME: 2, by EDITH SITWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The king of china's daughter / so beautiful to see Last Line: Has yet caught me. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Courtship; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens | |||
THE King of China's daughter So beautiful to see With her face like yellow water, left Her nutmeg tree. Her little rope for skipping She kissed and gave it me Made of painted notes of singing-birds Among the fields of tea. I skipped across the nutmeg grove, I skipped across the sea; But neither sun nor moon, my dear, Has yet caught me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LINES ON CARMEN SYLVA by EMMA LAZARUS TO CARMEN SYLVA (QUEEN OF ROUMANIA) by EMMA LAZARUS AN OLD WOMAN: 2. HARVEST by EDITH SITWELL |
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