SHE's had a Vassar education, And points with pride to her degrees; She's studied household decoration; She knows a dado from a frieze, And tells Corots from Boldonis; A Jacquemart etching, or a Haden, A Whistler, too, perchance might please A free and frank young Yankee maiden. She does not care for meditation; Within her bonnet are no bees; She has a gentle animation, She joins in singing simple glees. She tries no trills, no rivalries With Lucca (now Baronin Raden), With Nilsson or with Gerster; she's A frank and free young Yankee maiden. I'm blessed above the whole creation, Far, far above all other he's; I ask you for congratulation On this the best of jubilees: I go with her across the seas Unto what Poe would call an Aiden, -- I hope no serpent's there to tease A frank and free young Yankee maiden. ENVOY Princes, to you the western breeze Bears many a ship and heavy laden. What is the best we send in these? A free and frank young Yankee maiden. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS WHAT THING A BIRD WOULD LOVE by ROBERT FROST SERVICE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TRANSPOSITIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A SEA-SHORE GRAVE by SIDNEY LANIER TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER |