"WHAT shall I bring you? Please will white do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- White is for weddings, Weddings, weddings, White is for weddings, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you? Please will red do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Red is for soldiers, Soldiers, soldiers, Red is for soldiers, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you? Please will blue do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Blue is for sailors, Sailors, sailors, Blue is for sailors, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you? Please will green do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Green is for mayings, Mayings, mayings, Green is for mayings, And that won't do." "What shall I bring you Then? Will black do Best for your wearing The long day through?" "-- Black is for mourning, Mourning, mourning, Black is for mourning, And black will do." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DIVIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE RETURN (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AN ISLAND (SAINT HELENA, 1821) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DEDICATION TO THE LATER SONNETS TO URANIA by GEORGE SANTAYANA |