I have looked him round and looked him through, Know everything that he will do In such a case, and such a case; And when a frown comes on his face I dream of it, and when a smile I trace its sources in a while. He cannot do a thing but I Peep to find the reason why; For I love him, and I seek, Every evening in the week; To peep behind his frowning eye With little query, little pry, And make him, if a woman can, Happier than any man. -- Yesterday he gripped her tight And cut her throat -- and serve her right! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE BEAR by EDITH SITWELL HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 4. THE MORAL by KAREN SWENSON THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD PARSON by GEOFFREY CHAUCER POLYHYMNIA: THE YOUTH IN THE BOAT (FRAGMENT) by WILLIAM BASSE THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 53. FAREWELL TO JULIET (15) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT CAELIA: SONNETS: 1 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |