Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MARY ANN, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Fare you well my own mary ann Last Line: In angel form to my mary ann Subject(s): Farewell;love;sea;ships & Shipping; Parting;ocean | ||||||||
Fare-you-well my own Mary Ann, Fare-you-well for a while, For the ship is ready and the wind it is fair, And I am bound for the sea, Mary Ann, And I am bound for the sea, Mary Ann. Don't you see that turtle dove A sitting on yonder pile? Lamenting the loss of her own true love, And so am I for you, Mary Ann, And so am I for you, Mary Ann. A lobster in a lobster pot, A blue fish wriggling on a hook, May suffer some, but oh no! not What I do feel for you, Mary Ann, What I do feel for you, Mary Ann. The pride of all our kitchen rare, That in our kitchen garden grows, Was pumpkins, but none could compare In angel form to my Mary Ann, In angel form to my Mary Ann. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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