Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PASTORAL, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS


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First Line: Flower of the medlar
Last Line: To wake our wedding-day!
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Birds; Flowers; Marriage; Nymphs; Roses; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


Flower of the medlar,
Crimson of the quince,
I saw her at the blossom-time,
And loved her ever since!
She swept the draughty pleasance,
The blooms had left the trees,
The whilst the birds sang canticles,
In cheery symphonies.

Whiteness of the white rose,
Redness of the red,
She went to cut the blush-rose-buds
To tie at the altar-head;
And some she laid in her bosom,
And some around her brows,
And as she past, the lily-heads
All beck'd and made their bows.

Scarlet of the poppy,
Yellow of the corn,
The men were at the garnering,
A-shouting in the morn;
I chased her to a pippin-tree, --
The waking birds all whist, --
And oh! it was the sweetest kiss
That I have ever kiss'd.

Marjorie, mint, and violets
A-drying round us set,
'Twas all done in the faience-room
A-spicing marmalet;
On one tile was a satyr,
On one a nymph at bay,
Methinks the birds will scarce be home
To wake our wedding-day!





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