NEVER shall a young man, Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone Love you for yourself alone And not your yellow hair.' And not your yellow hair.' But I can get a hair-dye But I can get a hair-dye And set such colour there, And set such colour there, Brown, or black, or carrot, Brown, or black, or carrot, That young men in despair That young men in despair May love me for myself alone May love me for myself alone And not my yellow hair.' And not my yellow hair.' I heard an old religious man I heard an old religious man But yesternight declare But yesternight declare That he had found a text to prove That he had found a text to prove That only God, my dear, That only God, my dear, Could love you for yourself alone Could love you for yourself alone And not your yellow hair." And not your yellow hair." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SONNET: TO FANNY by JOHN KEATS ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL, FR. ROSALIND [ROSALYNDE] by THOMAS LODGE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 71 by OMAR KHAYYAM I AM THE PEOPLE, THE MOB by CARL SANDBURG THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |