Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S PROPOSAL, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poet's Biography First Line: Phyllis, if I could I'd paint you Last Line: "paintings must be framed with gold!" Subject(s): Courtship; Paintings & Painters; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
"PHYLLIS, if I could I'd paint you As I see you sitting there, You distracting little saint, you, With your aureole of hair. If I only were an artist, And such glances could be caught, You should have the very smartest Picture frame that can be bought! "Phyllis, since I can't depict your Charms, or give you aught but fame, Will you be yourself the picture? Will you let me be the frame? Whose protecting clasp may bind you Always" "Nay," cried Phyllis; "hold, Or you 'll force me to remind you Paintings must be framed with gold!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD |
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