Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMPROMPTU: TO FRANCES GARNET WOLSELEY, by ALFRED AUSTIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little maiden just beginning Last Line: With a better bard to sing them. Subject(s): Girls | ||||||||
LITTLE maiden just beginning To be comely, arch, and winning, In whose form I catch the traces Of your mother's gifts and graces, And around whose head the glory Of your father's growing story, O'er whose cradle, fortune-guided, Mars and Venus both presided, May your fuller years inherit Female charm and manly merit, So that all may know who girt you With vivacity and virtue, Whence you had the luck to borrow Pensive mien without its sorrow, Dignity devoid of coldness, Sprightliness without its boldness, Raillery untipped by malice, Playful wit and kindly sallies, Eloquence averse from railing, Each good point without its failing! And when, little bud, you flower Into maidenhood and power, Fate no fainter heart allot you Than the brave one that begot you, So that you a race continue Worthy of the blood within you, Handing down the gifts you bring them, With a better bard to sing them. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A GIRL by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY SONG OF THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS GIRLS ON THE RUN: 1 by JOHN ASHBERY GIRLS ON THE RUN: 10 by JOHN ASHBERY GIRLS ON THE RUN: 14 by JOHN ASHBERY GIRLS ON THE RUN: 2 by JOHN ASHBERY |
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