My dark-hair'd girl, thy ringlets deck In silken curls thy graceful neck, Thy neck is like the swan, and fair as the pearl, And light as air the step is of the dark-hair'd girl. Thy neck is, etc. My dark-hair'd girl, upon thy lip The dainty bee might wish to sip; Thy lip is like the rose, and thy teeth they are pearl, And diamond is the eye of my dark-hair'd girl. Thy lip, etc. My dark-hair'd girl, I've promised thee, And thou thy faith hast given to me, And oh, I would not change for the crown of an Earl The pride of being loved by my dark-hair'd girl. And oh, etc. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE NOTHING I by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN QUEST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO GALLANT FRANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ACROSS THE RED SKY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE DAY AND THE WORK by EDWIN MARKHAM |