Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KIRTLE RED, by W. H. BELLAMY First Line: A damsel fair, on a summer's day Last Line: sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! Subject(s): Love; Summer | ||||||||
A DAMSEL fair, on a summer's day Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! Sat under a tree in a kirtle gray, Singing, "Somebody's late at tryst to-day; Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Or the leaves may fall in summer!" Answered a little bird overhead As birds will do in summer; "Some body has kept tryst," it said, "With somebody else in a kirtle red, And they are going to be marrièd." Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! "With all my heart, little bird," said she; Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! "He's welcome to kirtle red for me; Somebody's fast, while somebody's free! There's nothing, no, nothing, like libertie!" Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY TEARS IN SLEEP by LOUISE BOGAN |
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