Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAPFUL OF NUTS, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Whene'er I see soft hazel eyes Last Line: That sat with thy white lap full of nuts / beneath the hazel-tree Subject(s): "limerick, Ireland; | ||||||||
WHENE'ER I see soft hazel eyes And nut-brown curls, I think of those bright days I spent Among the Limerick girls; When up through Cratla woods I went, Nutting with thee; And we plucked the glossy clustering fruit From many a bending tree. Beneath the hazel boughs we sat, Thou, love, and I, And the gathered nuts lay in thy lap, Beneath thy downcast eye; But little we thought of the store we'd won, I, love, or thou; For our hearts were full, and we dare not own The love that's spoken now. O, there's wars for willing hearts in Spain, And high Germanie! And I'll come back, erelong, again, With knightly fame and fee: And I'll come back, if I ever come back, Faithful to thee, That sat with thy white lap full of nuts Beneath the hazel-tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SITTING BULL IN SERBIA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH TO THE EXCELLENT ORINDA by PHILO PHILIPPA EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY CIBBER'S VERSES IN PRAISE OF NASH: 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE GIFT OF THE GODS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH by ALFRED TENNYSON BEAU NASH by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BEAU NASH AND THE ROMAN, OR THE TWO ERAS by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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