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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEALTH, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: I like pretty maids flushed with joy Last Line: And my sweet joan has me. Subject(s): Puberty | |||
I LIKE pretty maids flushed with joy, With glad hair blowing free. They smile right kind on many a boy, But only one on me. But I have a penny, a fiddle, and Joan, And my sweet Joan has me. Meadow and flock, the wise folk said, It never were right to miss, But my maid Joan has a kirtle red And a merry mouth to kiss. And I can fiddle and Joan can sing, And what were better than this? The young men talk of getting and gold, And lands far over the sea. But I and my fiddle will never grow old, And this is the life for me. I have a penny, my fiddle, and Joan, And my sweet Joan has me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY by H. F. H. THE LENTEN MAID by SIDNEY ROBINSON KENNEDY ADOLESCENT by VIOLET ALLEYN STOREY GRACE OF CYNTHIA'S MAIDENHOOD by VINNIE-MARIE D'AMBROSIO PLAYBOY VICE ROYALS by NATALIE KENVIN SONGS FOR MY MOTHER: 2. HER HANDS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH SONGS FOR MY MOTHER: 3. HER WORDS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH THE MONK IN THE KITCHEN by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |
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