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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SOUTHERN GIRL, by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK Poet's Biography First Line: Her dimpled cheeks are pale Last Line: In the world. | |||
HER dimpled cheeks are pale; She's a lily of the vale, Not a rose. In a muslin or a lawn She is fairer than the dawn To her beaux. Her boots are slim and neat, -- She is vain about her feet, It is said. She amputates her r's, But her eyes are like the stars Overhead. On a balcony at night, With a fleecy cloud of white Round her hair -- Her grace, ah, who could paint? She would fascinate a saint, I declare. 'T is a matter of regret, She's a bit of a coquette, Whom I sing: On her cruel path she goes With a half a dozen beaux To her string. But let all that pass by, As her maiden moments fly, Dew-empearled; When she marries, on my life, She will make the dearest wife In the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A KISS IN THE RAIN by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK A LITTLE KNOT OF BLUE by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK BESSIE BROWN, M.D by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK MY GRANDMOTHER'S [TURKEY-TAIL] FAN by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK SASSAFRAS by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK THE CAPTAIN'S FEATHER by SAMUEL MINTURN PECK SECRECY PROTESTED by THOMAS CAREW DEJECTION by GRACE E. ALBRIGHT |
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