Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JUDITH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O her eyes are amber-fine-- Last Line: Sweet as heated honey is. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Eyes; Faces; Kisses | ||||||||
O HER eyes are amber-fine -- Dark and deep as wells of wine, While her smile is like the noon Splendor of a day of June. If she sorrow -- lo! her face It is like a flowery space In bright meadows, overlaid With light clouds and lulled with shade. If she laugh -- it is the trill Of the wayward whippoorwill Over upland pastures, heard Echoed by the mocking-bird In dim thickets dense with bloom And blurred cloyings of perfume. If she sigh -- a zephyr swells Over odorous asphodels And wan lilies in lush plots Of moon-drown'd forget-me-nots. Then, the soft touch of her hand -- Takes all breath to understand What to liken it thereto! -- Never rose-leaf rinsed with dew Might slip soother-suave than slips Her slow palm, the while her lips Swoon through mine, with kiss on kiss Sweet as heated honey is. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 31 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX PROMISES, PROMISES by PAUL MULDOON THE CITY OF THE OLESHA FRUIT by NORMAN DUBIE PENDULUM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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