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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY MOUSE-COLORED MARE, by EDOUARD JOACHIM CORBIERE First Line: No spur or whiplash needed now Last Line: We're arsy-varsy! . . . Hold it, girl! Alternate Author Name(s): Corbiere, Tristan Subject(s): Horseback Riding | |||
No spur or whiplash needed now, Is there, darling mouse-and-pink? They're good for prodding some old cow, But not my gray little mare, I think. No bridle for that poor mouth of yours: My love's enough, and my helpful thigh. I'll put no stirrup, no saddle on: Just a touch of my boot, and off you fly On your prettily steel-shod hooves. (Of course, I'm not a fussy equestrian.) Whoops! We're off on the dusty track! My head's lost in your mane somewhere, My arms are a circlet for your neck. Whoops! We took that hedge for fair! Whoops! We're over the hurdle now! Stay under me, my head's awhirl- Whoops! and there's the ditch below . . . We're arsy-varsy! . . . Hold it, girl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHITENESS I REMEMBER by SYLVIA PLATH ON THE ROAD TO CHORRERA by ARLO BATES HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX by ROBERT BROWNING ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 49 by PHILIP SIDNEY RIDING LESSON by HENRY SPLAWN TAYLOR AT THE LATTICE by ALFRED AUSTIN AFTER THE RAIN by EDOUARD JOACHIM CORBIERE |
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