"WHAT shall I bring you? Please will white do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- White is for weddings, Weddings, weddings, White is for weddings, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you? Please will red do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Red is for soldiers, Soldiers, soldiers, Red is for soldiers, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you? Please will blue do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Blue is for sailors, Sailors, sailors, Blue is for sailors, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you? Please will green do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Green is for mayings, Mayings, mayings, Green is for mayings, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you Then? Will black do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Black is for mourning, Mourning, mourning, Black is for mourning, And black will do." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICH DAYS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES PATIENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS TO MY EXCELLENT LUCASIA, ON OUR FRIENDSHIP. 17TH JULY 1651 by KATHERINE PHILIPS THE FOOL AND THE POET by ALEXANDER POPE THE FIRST PROCLAMATION OF MILES STANDISH [NOVEMBER 23, 1620] by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 119 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE SOBBING OF THE BELLS (MIDNIGHT, SEPT. 19-20, 1881) by WALT WHITMAN |