Up in Tentoleena Land -- Tentoleena! Tentoleena! All the Dollies, hand in hand, Mina, Nainie, and Serena, Dance the Fairy fancy dances, With glad songs and starry glances, Lisping roundelays; and, after, Bird-like interludes of laughter Strewn and scattered o'er the lawn Their gilt sandals twinkle on Through light mists of silver sand -- Up in Tentoleena Land. Up in Tentoleena Land -- Tentoleena! Tentoleena! Blares the eery Elfin band -- Trumpet, harp and concertina -- Larkspur bugle -- honeysuckle Cornet, with a quickstep chuckle In its golden throat; and, maybe, Lilies-of-the-valley they be Baby-silver-bells that chime Musically all the time, Tossed about from hand to hand -- Up in Tentoleena Land. Up in Tentoleena Land -- Tentoleena! Tentoleena! Dollies dark, and blond and bland -- Sweet as musk-rose or verbena -- Sweet as moon-blown daffodillies, Or wave-jostled water-lilies Yearning to'rd the rose-mouths, ready Leaning o'er the river's eddy, -- Dance, and glancing fling to you, Through these lines you listen to, Kisses blown from lip and hand Out of Tentoleena Land! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR PRAYER OF THANKS by CARL SANDBURG A COLONIAL MORNING DREAM by KAREN SWENSON DE GUSTIBUS' by ROBERT BROWNING THE FUTURE LIFE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE WOLF AND THE DOG by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE THE BRAES OF YARROW by JOHN LOGAN (1748-1788) THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA by HERMAN MELVILLE |