Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD VALENTINES, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Tiny maids with sunlit hair Last Line: In one golden memory. Subject(s): Holidays; Memory; Past; Valentine's Day; Women | ||||||||
Tiny maids with sunlit hair; Sombre elves with eyes cast down; Princess dainty, debonnaire; Auburn tresses, gold, and brown. Some were gay and some were grave; Shyly swayed by blame or praise; Others ruled their willing slave With their tiny tyrant ways. Time has blent them all for me In one golden memory. | 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 A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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