Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, QUEEN OF HER HEART, by ELLIOTT FLOWER


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QUEEN OF HER HEART, by                    
First Line: The little rag doll is queen
Last Line: It stands in her heart alone.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Dolls; Household Employees; Solitude; Toys; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Servants; Domestics; Maids; Loneliness


THE little rag doll is queen,
Her realm is a maiden's heart,
And there she will reign serene,
And play her important part.
A bundle of rags is she,
With collar of scraggly fur;
She's only a doll to me,
But more than a doll to her.

A doll that I thought a prize
I gave to the little maid,
That opened and shut its eyes,
And beauty of face displayed;
But somehow it seemed to me
She never received the care
I daily and hourly see
Bestowed on a doll less fair.

The doll that can really talk,
The doll in the silken dress,
The doll that is made to walk
Lies lonely in some recess;
Forgotten and pushed aside,
It lies in the dust apart,
While that of the rags, in pride,
Is held to the maiden's heart.

The doll is a doll to me,
A bundle of rags and fur,
And yet I am quick to see
It's more than a doll to her;
And so it maintains its place,
Unrivalled it holds its own;
In rags and a painted face
It stands in her heart alone.





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