Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DARLING NELL, by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS Poet's Biography First Line: Why should not I take her unto my heart Last Line: If he thought he could marry my darling nell! Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I. WHY should not I take her unto my heart! She has not a morsel of guile or art; Why should not I make her my happy wife, And love her and cherish her all my life? I've met with a few of as shining eyes, I've met with a hundred of wilder sighs, I think I met some whom I loved as well -- But none who loved me like my Darling Nell. II. She's ready to cry when I seem unkind, But she smothers her grief within her mind; And when my spirit is soft and fond, She sparkles the brightest of stars beyond. Oh! 'twould teach the thrushes to hear her sing, And her sorrow the heart of a rock would wring; There never was saint but would leave his cell, If he thought he could marry my Darling Nell! | 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 A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD CLARE'S DRAGOONS by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS FONTENOY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH (OWEN ROE) O'NEIL by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS |
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