Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE WHITE RABBIT, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: May I go to the field,' said the little white rabbit Last Line: So run, my little one, run.' Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Animals; Beauty; Hunting; Man-woman Relationships; Rabbits; Hunters; Male-female Relations; Hares | ||||||||
'MAY I go to the field,' said the little white rabbit, 'Where the corn grows sweet and high?' 'Is there aught on the stile,' said the old, old mother, 'Or what do I there espy?' ''Tis a shepherd's lad, but he dreams in his place, And he will not rise to slay.' 'Oh, do not trust to an idle hand, So stay, my little one, stay.' 'There comes one now,' said the little white rabbit, 'Through the corn so sweet and high.' 'And so there are two,' laughed the old, old mother, 'And you dare not pass them by.' ''Tis a farmer's lass, and she sings as she comes, And she smiles upon her way.' 'Is she young, is she fair, as she lilts her song? Now say, my pretty one, say.' 'She is gold as the field,' said the little white rabbit, 'Where the sun all day doth lie; She is fair as the snow is, my old, old mother, And grey as the mist her eye.' 'If the lass be fair, as you say that she be, With her hair like the setting sun Oh, he never will wait to look on you, So run, my little one, run.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SNOWSHOE HARE by MARY OLIVER THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 3. FEEDING THE RABBITS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR FEBRUARY: THE BOY BREUGHEL by NORMAN DUBIE UNCLE'S FIRST RABBIT by LORNA DEE CERVANTES BEHOLDING THE HARE by EAMON GRENNAN THE OLD SQUIRE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT SONG OF THE RABBITS OUTSIDE THE TAVERN by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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