BEWARE of the snare of goldilocks! What mischief was wrought to heart of man, What trouble brought with danger fraught, By goldilocks since the world began. Goldilocks ever are sirens fair, Combing their tresses both long and well, Of their luring smiles and wiles beware! They mesh the heart in a magic spell. For flowing locks of a burnished gold That glint and gleam with an amber light, Like jeweled eyes of the serpent old, Ensnare the heart, but the soul affright. Or hidden away in graceful curves Of a coilèd fold, is Cupid bold, Who wings a dart that will pierce a heart,— O, danger lurks in a nest of gold. E'en mermaids swaying on crested waves And plaiting garlands of precious pearls To braid in their sun-kissed goldilocks, Will weave your heart in their wealth of curls. O flee, ere you sleep in the briny deep! They beckon you on with arms of snow, Then laugh as the waters o'er you flow, Chanting a requiem sweet and low. Beware of the snare of goldilocks! What mischief was wrought to heart of man, What trouble brought with danger fraught, By goldilocks since the world began. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAMON THE MOWER by ANDREW MARVELL INLAND by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SONNET: 128 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE INTO THE TWILIGHT by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS DISAPPOINTED by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS JAMESON'S RIDE by ALFRED AUSTIN |