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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAID VAR MY BRIDE, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Don't tell o' maidens; the oone var my bride Last Line: Var to think what is right, an' a heart to be kind. Subject(s): Love | |||
AH! don't tell o' mâidens; the oone var my bride Is but little lik' too many mâidens bezide; Not brantèn, nar spitevul, nar wild;—she'v' a mind Var to think what is right, an' a heart to be kind. She's strâight an' she's slender, but not auver tal; Her lims da move lightly, her veet be so smal: A spirit o' heaven da breathe in her fiace, An' a queen, to be stiately, must wa'ke wi' her piace. Her frocks be so tidy, an' pirty, an' plâin: She don't put on things that be fliarèn an' vain: Her bonnet a-got but two ribbons, a-tied Up under her chin, ar let down at the zide. When she da speak to oone, she don't stiare an' grin; There's sense in her looks vrom her eyes to her chin; An' her vâice is so kind, var she's modest an' meek, An' da look down to groun' a-beginnen to speak. Her skin is so white as a lily, an' each Ov her cheäks is so downy an' red as a peach: She's pirty enough zittèn still; but my love Da watch her to madness when oonce she da move. An' when she da wa'ke huome vrom church, droo the groun' Wi' oone yarm in mine, an' wi' oone hangèn down, I'm a-shiam'd o' myzuf; var I'm sure I must be Oncommonly ugly along zide o' she. Zoo don't ta'ke o' mâidens; the oone var my bride Is but little lik' too many mâidens bezide; Not brantèn, nar spitevul, nar wild; she'v' a mind Var to think what is right, an' a heart to be kind. | 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 |
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