HER azure eyes, dark lashes hold in fee; Her fair superfluous ringlets without check Drop after one another down her neck, As many to each cheek as you might see Green leaves to a wild rose; this sign outwardly, And a like woman-covering seems to deck Her inner nature, for she will not fleck World's sunshine with a finger. Sympathy Must call her in Love's name! and then, I know, She rises up, and brightens as she should, And lights her smile for comfort, and is slow In nothing of high-hearted fortitude. To smell this flower, come near it! such can grow In that sole garden where Christ's brow dropped blood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BABY'S SHOES by WILLIAM COX BENNETT HYPOCRISY by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) THE BOOK OF MARTYRS by EMILY DICKINSON HIS GRANGE, OR PRIVATE WEALTH by ROBERT HERRICK ON SEEING THE ELGIN MARBLES by JOHN KEATS MARY'S GIRLHOOD (FOR A PICTURE): 1 by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |