"PHYLLIS, if I could I'd paint you As I see you sitting there, You distracting little saint, you, With your aureole of hair. If I only were an artist, And such glances could be caught, You should have the very smartest Picture frame that can be bought! "Phyllis, since I can't depict your Charms, or give you aught but fame, Will you be yourself the picture? Will you let me be the frame? Whose protecting clasp may bind you Always——" "Nay," cried Phyllis; "hold, Or you 'll force me to remind you Paintings must be framed with gold!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM THE LITTLE GIRL FOUND, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE TO CORINTH by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR HOME by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA THE BELLE OF THE BALL by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED THE MORAL FABLES: THE LION AND THE MOUSE by AESOP |