BY a clear well, within a little field Full of green grass and flowers of every hue, Sat three young girls, relating (as I knew) Their loves. And each had twined a bough to shield Her lovely face; and the green leaves did yield The golden hair their shadow; while the two Sweet colors mingled, both blown lightly through With a soft wind for ever stirred and still'd. After a little while one of them said, (I heard her,) "Think! If, ere the next hour struck, Each of our lovers should come here to-day, Think you that we should fly or feel afraid?" To whom the others answered, "From such luck A girl would be a fool to run away." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR AFTER TWO YEARS by RICHARD ALDINGTON THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN MY HAPPINESS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO MAY HOWARD JACKSON - SCULPTOR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUR WORLD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |