LITTLE cat of an angel, Did the Virgin kiss you? Will the poor Dear miss you, Pretending with your lute? She has the other angel Perching near Her tissue, Cheek against Her foot, Peeping over his flute. Sleeky purring angel, Did She, feather by feather, Seek a red and green one For the Child to play? Will the other angel Shut his wings together, Spread for mocking and preen one, Flutter the Child away? Little cat of a darling, Did you bring the Virgin A glass with meadow-spurge in To light Her window-sill? With faint and dainty snarling Your wingy brother Rosy Set a columbine posy For Her skirts to spill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG BY THE WINDOW BEFORE BED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD OUR COUNTRY'S CALL by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY'S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY by JOHN DONNE LITANY by ROBERT GRANT (1785-1838) MY MARYLAND by JAMES RYDER RANDALL AN ELEGIE, OR FRIENDS PASSION, FOR HIS ASTROPHILL by MATTHEW ROYDEN |