I I KNOW a girl with teeth of pearl, And shoulders white as snow; She lives, -- ah! well, I must not tell, -- Would n't you like to know? II. Her sunny hair is wondrous fair, And wavy in its flow; Who made it less One little tress, -- Would n't you like to know? III. Her eyes are blue (celestial hue!) And dazzling in their glow; On whom they beam With melting gleam, -- Would n't you like to know? IV. Her lips are red and finely wed, Like roses ere they blow; What lover sips Those dewy lips, -- Would n't you like to know? V. Her fingers are like lilies fair When lilies fairest grow; Whose hand they press With fond caress, -- Would n't you like to know? VI. Her foot is small, and has a fall Like snowflakes on the snow; And where it goes Beneath the rose, -- Would n't you like to know? VII. She has a name, the sweetest name That language can bestow. 'T would break the spell If I should tell, -- Would n't you like to know? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WORD OF AN ENGINEER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH by WILFRED OWEN ODES I, 5 by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS NORTHERN FARMER, NEW STYLE by ALFRED TENNYSON MY LIFE by HENRY DAVID THOREAU OMNES EODEM COGIMUR by AMMIANUS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 13. AL-BARI by EDWIN ARNOLD URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FOURTH CANTO, OR LAST QUARTER by WILLIAM BASSE |