Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD SONG BY NEW SINGERS: 'MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB': 5. SWINBURNE, by A. C. WILKIE First Line: Dewy-eyed with shimmering hair Last Line: And a pet as white as its mistress was fair. Subject(s): Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909) | ||||||||
VILLANELLE Dewy-eyed with shimmering hair, Maiden and lamb were a sight to see, For her pet was white as she was fair. And its lovely fleece was beyond compare, And dearly it loved its Mistress Marie, Dewy-eyed, with shimmering hair. Its warped wool was an inwove snare, To tangle her fingers in, where they could be (For her pet was white as she was fair). Lost from sight, both so snow-white were, And the lambkin adored the maiden wee, Dewy-eyed with shimmering hair. Th' impassioned incarnation of rare, Of limpid-eyed, luscious-lipped, loved beauty, And her pet was white as she was fair. Wherever she wandered, hither and there, Wildly that lambkin sought with her to be, With the dewy-eyed, with shimmering hair, And a pet as white as its mistress was fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEATH OF SWINBURNE by SARA TEASDALE HOME, SWEET HOME WITH VARIATIONS: 2. ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER SR. TO EDMUND GOSSE, WITH A FIRST EDITION OF ATALANTA IN CALYDON by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DOLLARES; OUR LADY OF THE WHEAT-CORNER (AFTER A.C.S.) by PHILIP GUEDALLA A SINGER ASLEEP by THOMAS HARDY PERSONAL SONNET: TO ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE OCTOPUS by ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON FELO DE SE; WITH APOLOGIES TO SWINBURNE by AMY LEVY AN OLD SONG BY NEW SINGERS: 'MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB': 1. DOBSON by A. C. WILKIE AN OLD SONG BY NEW SINGERS: 'MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB': 2. BROWNING by A. C. WILKIE AN OLD SONG BY NEW SINGERS: 'MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB': 3. LONGFELLOW by A. C. WILKIE |
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