Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PHYLLIS AND CORYDON, by ARTHUR W. COTTON


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PHYLLIS AND CORYDON, by                    
First Line: Phyllis took a red rose from the tangles of her haid
Last Line: Well, which do you suppose?
Subject(s): Flirtation


PHYLLIS took a red rose from the tangles of her hair
(Time, the Golden Age; the place, Arcadia, anywhere).

Phyllis laughed, the saucy jade, "Sir Shepherd, wilt have this
Or" (Bashful god of skipping lambs and oaten reeds!) "a kiss?"

Bethink thee, gentle Corydon! A rose lasts all night long,
A kiss but slips from off your lips like a robin's evening-song.

A kiss that goes where no one knows!
A rose, a crimson rose!

Corydon made his choice and took --
Well, which do you suppose?





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