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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHITE-HANDS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: O where in the north, or where in the south
Last Line: O, come to me, honey-mouth! Bend to me, honey-mouth! Give me thy kiss!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Hands; Kisses; Love; Mouths; White (color)
First Line: O where in the north, or where in the south
Last Line: O, come to me, honey-mouth! Bend to me, honey-mouth! Give me thy kiss!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Hands; Kisses; Love; Mouths; White (color)
O where in the north, or where in the south, or where in the east or west
Is she who hath the flower-white hands and the swandown breast?
O, if she be west, or east she be, or in the north or south,
A sword will leap, a horse will prance, ere I win to Honey-Mouth.
She has great eyes, like the doe on the hill, and warm and sweet she is,
O, come to me, Honey-Mouth, bend to me, Honey-Mouth, give me thy kiss!
White-Hands her name is, where she reigns amid the princes fair:
White hands she moves like swimming swans athrough her dusk-wave hair:
White hands she puts about my heart, white hands fan up my breath:
White hands take out the heart of me, and grant me life or death!
White hands make better songs than hymns, white hands are young and sweet:
O, a sword for me, O Honey-Mouth, and a war-horse fleet!
O wild sweet eyes! O glad wild eyes! O mouth, how sweet it is!
O, come to me, Honey-Mouth! bend to me, Honey-Mouth! give me thy kiss!
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