HAVE you seen a winsome girlie with eyes of limpid blue, With lips as fresh as cherries red impearled with morning dew? She lightly laughs with childish glee or breathes a gentle sigh, There is danger in her dimple, there is mischief in her eye. Bonnie, bonnie girlie, Girlie fair and sweet, With beating heart and ardent hope, I worship at her feet. Have you seen a dainty girlie whose rippling locks agleam Nor caught by comb or Psyche knot o'er snowy shoulders stream? Enmeshed by tresses spun of gold, a captive heart avers, Ah who would sigh for liberty when love a bosom stirs? Witching, witching girlie, Girlie fair and sweet, Her lily hand in mine would make A happiness complete. Have you seen a modest girlie whose blushes come and go Like apple petals lightly tossed when sportive zephyrs blow? She is graceful as Titania when tripping in the dell, My heart with love is throbbing as I own her magic spell. Dearie, dearie girlie, Girlie sweet and fair, The image of her winsome face Is graven everywhere. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS; OR, THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA by FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES DOYLE ODES I, 38. AD MINISTRAM by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS TO SPAIN - A LAST WORD by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS TO THE SMALL CELANDINE (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A SHADOW OF THE NIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |