There's a leprecaun green Making shoes for a fairy Down there by the hawthorn (So quiet and all!) But if I can catch him— It's difficult, very,— Sure he'll give me a gift-ring, With no words at all! And if that gift-ring Should have three wishes in it I'd have the whole world At my elbow and all— But if one gift were there And my choosing must win it Why, the way I'd be wishing I don't know at all! 'Twould be fine to be rich— But a maid must have beauty, And health is a good wish That's lucky for all— To be asking for goodness Is surely a duty— Och! there's @3four@1 things I've thought With no thinking at all! So if the gift-ring Had but one gift for choosing What with health, wealth and beauty And goodness and all— I'd be feeling so sad For the gifts I'd be losing That the gift I would get Would be no joy at all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER THE MARRIAGE (1) by TIMOTHY LIU THE POET; SONNET by AMY LOWELL MADMAN OF THE SOUTH SIDE by CLARENCE MAJOR |