Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY LOVE, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON


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First Line: My love is like a lily bud
Last Line: To love and ne'er to part!
Subject(s): Beauty; Love - Nature Of; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


MY love is like a lily bud
Unfolding to the light;
Her graces, like the petals fair,
Distill a fragrance rich and rare;
She fills my heart,
She thrills my heart,
This dainty, winsome sprite.

Her eyes are like the violet
So modest, yet so bright;
The fringèd lids sweep o'er a cheek
Where dimples play at hide and seek;
Those eyes of blue
So leal and true,
That thrill me with delight.

The vermeil lips carnations are,
With morning dew empearled;
Sweet arching lips that smile and pout,
Or merrily a laugh rings out;
A maiden fair,
A flow'ret rare,
Unspotted by the world.

Her goldilocks are deftly twined
Round fingers fair to view,
Then lightly fall in wealth of curl,
That sets a throbbing heart awhirl.
Ah, little girl,
With hair acurl,
I love you fond and true.

I fain would pluck this virgin bloom
And wear it 'gainst my heart;
Life's clouds would shine with silver light,
And love would cheer the darksome night;
Her hand in mine,
Ah, bliss divine,
To love and ne'er to part!





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