Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHLOE, M.A, by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS First Line: Careless rhymer, it is true Last Line: Violet. Alternate Author Name(s): Collins, Mortimer Subject(s): Blue (color); Secrets; Sin; Women | ||||||||
CARELESS rhymer, it is true, That my favourite colour's blue: But am I To be made a victim, sir, If to puddings I prefer Cambridge pi? If with giddier girls I play Croquet through the summer day On the turf, Then at night ('tis no great boon) Let me study how the moon Sways the surf. Tennyson's idyllic verse Surely suits me none the worse If I seek Old Sicilian birds and bees -- Music of sweet Sophocles -- Golden Greek. You have said my eyes are blue; There may be a fairer hue, Perhaps -- and yet It is surely not a sin If I keep my secrets in Violet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IF by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS |
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