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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRIGHT HAIR, by CHARLES GUERIN
First Line: Amber, ripe rye, or honey full of light
Last Line: Against her rosy heels.
Subject(s): Hair; Sleep
First Line: Amber, ripe rye, or honey full of light
Last Line: Against her rosy heels.
Subject(s): Hair; Sleep
AMBER, ripe rye, or honey full of light,
From combs like Fingal's grotto glittering fair,
Are dull beside my lovely friend's delight
And pride of radiant hair.
When she sleeps near me, happily wearied,
Beside her sleep in vigil I behold
Her hair under her pallid body spread,
Cradling its white in gold.
When with her folded arm she combs and makes
Patiently smooth the bright skein's tangled mesh,
She throws her head back lightly and she shakes
Gleams on her glimmering flesh.
Her bosom shivers under its caress.
Her slim form stands before the glass and feels
The rippling softness of its longest tress
Against her rosy heels.
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