KATIE, Katie, little Katie! Mouth of rose and eyes of blue, (Eyes that look one frankly through!) When I'm absent don't you miss me? Now I'm near you, come and kiss me! Katie, little Katie, kiss me! Katie, do! Katie, Katie, pretty Katie! Prettier far than Jane or Lu, Madge or Margaret, Maud or Prue; Graceful as a spring-born fairy, Tuneful as your pet canary -- Katie, pretty Katie, kiss me! Katie, do! Katie, sly, deceptive Katie! If you fly me I'll pursue. (What though @3corns@1 or @3gout@1 should rue!) Then, if I can overmatch you, Running fast can clasp and catch you, Captured Katie, won't you kiss me? Katie, do! Katie, mute, day-dreaming Katie, If I tell your thoughts to you, Guess your dreams and @3make@1 them true, Won't you cease your coy defiance, Vanquished by such wondrous science -- Won't you kiss me, Katie darling? Katie, do! Katie, captious little Katie! Why that quickly tapping shoe, Ready shrug and scornful @3moue?@1 Can it be you mean to scout me? Just because I'm @3grayish,@1 flout me? @3Are@1 you muttering, "KISS HIM! NEVER! No, I @3can't!@1 and no, I @3won't!@1" O, you petulant, changeful Katie! Katie, @3don't!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HENDECASYLLABICS by ALFRED TENNYSON THE STRANGER'S ALMS by HENRY ABBEY A PENNY'S WORTH OF POESY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE FLATTERERS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS OH, TORTURE NOT MY SOUL! by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 9. AL-HATHIM by EDWIN ARNOLD |