Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BIT OF HUMAN NATURE, by CHARLES WASHINGTON COLEMAN


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A BIT OF HUMAN NATURE, by                    
First Line: Tis only a pair of woman's eyes
Last Line: But I am only a man.
Subject(s): Eyes; Ignorance; Dullness; Stupdity


'TIS only a pair of woman's eyes,
So long-lashed, soft, and brown,
Half hiding the light that in them lies,
As dreamily looking down.

'Tis only the dainty curve of a lip,
Half full, half clear defined,
And the shell-like pink of a finger-tip,
And a figure half reclined.

'Tis only a coil of rich, dark hair,
With sunlight sifted through,
And a truant curl just here and there,
And a knot of ribbon blue.

'Tis only the wave of a feather fan,
That ruffles the creamy lace,
Loose gathered about the bosom fair,
By rhinestones held in place.

'Tis only the toe of a high-heeled shoe,
With the glimpse of a color above --
A stocking tinted a faint sky-blue,
The shade that lovers love.

'Tis only a woman -- a woman, that's all,
And, as only a woman can,
Bringing a heart to her beck and call
By waving her feather fan.

'Tis only a woman, and I -- 'twere best
To forget that waving fan.
She only a woman -- you know the rest?
But I am only a man.





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