'FLOWERS nodding gaily, scent in air, Flowers posied, flowers for the hair, Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare -- -- ' 'O pick me some!' 'Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come, Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb -- -- ' 'O let me hear.' 'Eyes so black they draw one trembling near, Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear, Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear -- -- ' 'O look at me!' 'Kisses sadly blown across the sea, Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free, Bob-a-cherry kisses 'neath a tree -- -- ' 'O give me one!' Thus sang a king and queen in Babylon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOMEBODY'S DARLING by MARIE LA CONTE THE SINGERS OF DELLA ROBBIA by ALFRED BARRETT HYMN OF FREEDDOM by MICHAEL JOSEPH BARRY THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WALNUT-TREE OF BOARSTELL: CANTO 1 by WILLIAM BASSE |