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A PORTRAIT

〃One name is Elizabeth〃 Ben Jonson



I will paint her as I see her。

Ten times have the lilies blown

Since she looked upon the sun。



And her face is lily…clear;

Lily…shaped; and dropped in duty

To the law of its own beauty。



Oval cheeks encolored faintly;

Which a trail of golden hair

Keeps from fading off to air:



And a forehead fair and saintly;

Which two blue eyes undershine;

Like meek prayers before a shrine。



Face and figure of a child; …

Though too calm; you think; and tender;

For the childhood you would lend her。



Yet child…simple; undefiled;

Frank; obedient; waiting still

On the turnings of your will。



Moving light; as all young things;

As young birds; or early wheat

When the wind blows over it。



Only; free from flutterings

Of loud mirth that scorneth measure …

Taking love for her chief pleasure。



Choosing pleasures; for the rest;

Which come softly … just as she;

When she nestles at your knee。



Quiet talk she liketh best;

In a bower of gentle looks; …

Watering flowers; or reading books。



And her voice; it murmurs lowly;

As a silver stream may run;

Which yet feels (you feel) the sun。



And her smile it seems half holy;

As if drawn from thoughts more far

Than our common jestings are。



And if any poet knew her;

He would sing of her with falls

Used in lovely madrigals。



And if any painter drew her;

He would paint her unaware

With a halo round her hair。



And if reader read the poem;

He would whisper … 〃You have done a

Consecrated little Una!〃



And a dreamer (did you show him

That same picture) would exclaim;

〃'Tis my angel; with a name!〃



And a stranger; … when he sees her

In the street even … smileth stilly;

Just as you would at a lily。



And all voices that address her;

Soften; sleeken every word;

As if speaking to a bird。



And all fancies yearn to cover

The hard earth; whereon she passes;

With the thymy…scented grasses。



And all hearts do pray; 〃God love her!〃

Ay and always; in good sooth;

We may all be sure HE DOTH。



Elizabeth Barrett Browning '1806…1861'





TO A CHILD OF FANCY



The nests are in the hedgerows;

The lambs are on the grass;

With laughter sweet as music

The hours lightfooted pass;

My darling child of fancy;

My winsome prattling lass。



Blue eyes; with long brown lashes;

Thickets of golden curl;

Red little lips disclosing

Twin rows of fairy pearl;

Cheeks like the apple blossom;

Voice lightsome as the merle。



A whole Spring's fickle changes;

In every short…lived day;

A passing cloud of April;

A flowery smile of May;

A thousand quick mutations

From graver moods to gay。



Far off; I see the season

When thy childhood's course is run;

And thy girlhood opens wider

Beneath the growing sun;

And the rose begins to redden;

But the violets are done。



And further still the summer;

When thy fair tree; fully grown;

Shall bourgeon; and grow splendid

With blossoms of its own;

And the fruit begins to gather;

But the buttercups are mown。



If I should see thy autumn;

'Twill not be close at hand;

But with a spirit vision;

From some far…distant land。

Or; perhaps; I hence may see thee

Amongst the angels stand。



I know not what of fortune

The future holds for thee;

Nor if skies fair or clouded

Wait thee in days to be;

But neither joy nor sorrow

Shall sever thee from me。



Dear child; whatever changes

Across our lives may pass;

I shall see thee still for ever;

Clearly as in a glass;

The same sweet child of fancy;

The same dear winsome lass。



Lewis Morris '1833…1907'





DAISY



Where the thistle lifts a purple crown

Six foot out of the turf;

And the harebell shakes on the windy hill …

O the breath of the distant surf! …



The hills look over on the South;

And southward dreams the sea;

And with the sea…breeze hand in hand

Came innocence and she。



Where 'mid the gorse the raspberry

Red for the gatherer springs;

Two children did we stray and talk

Wise; idle; childish things。



She listened with big…lipped surprise;

Breast…deep 'mid flower and spine:

Her skin was like a grape; whose veins

Run snow instead of wine。



She knew not those sweet words she spake;

Nor knew her own sweet way;

But there's never a bird; so sweet a song

Thronged in whose throat that day!



Oh; there were flowers in Storrington

On the turf and on the spray;

But the sweetest flower on Sussex hills

Was the Daisy…flower that day!



Her beauty smoothed earth's furrowed face!

She gave me tokens three: …

A look; a word of her winsome mouth;

And a wild raspberry。



A berry red; a guileless look;

A still word; … strings of sand!

And yet they made my wild; wild heart

Fly down to her little hand。



For standing artless as the air;

And candid as the skies;

She took the berries with her hand;

And the love with her sweet eyes。



The fairest things have fleetest end:

Their scent survives their close;

But the rose's scent is bitterness

To him that loved the rose!



She looked a little wistfully;

Then went her sunshine way: …

The sea's eye had a mist on it;

And the leaves fell from the day。



She went her unremembering way;

She went and left in me

The pang of all the partings gone;

And partings yet to be。



She left me marveling why my soul

Was sad that she was glad;

At all the sadness in the sweet;

The sweetness in the sad。



Still; still I seemed to see her; still

Look up with soft replies;

And take the berries with her hand;

And the love with her lovely eyes。



Nothing begins; and nothing ends;

That is not paid with moan;

For we are born in others' pain;

And perish in our own。



Francis Thompson '1859?…1907'





TO PETRONILLA WHO HAS PUT UP HER HAIR



Yesterday it blew alway;

Yesterday is dead;

Now forever must it stay

Coiled about your head;

Tell me Whence the great Command

Hitherward has sped。

〃Silly boy; as if I knew;〃

Petronilla said。



Nay; but I am very sure;

Since you left my side;

Something has befallen you;

You are fain to hide;

Homage has been done to you;

Innocents have died。

〃Silly boy; and what of that?〃

Petronilla cried。



Petronilla; much I fear

Scarcely have you wept

All those merry yesterdays;

Slaughtered whilst you slept;

Slain to bind that pretty crown

Closer round your head。

〃Silly boy; as if I cared;〃

Petronilla said。



Henry Howarth Bashford '1880…





THE GYPSY GIRL



Passing I saw her as she stood beside

A lonely stream between two barren wolds;

Her loose vest hung in rudely gathered folds

On her swart bosom; which in maiden pride

Pillowed a string of pearls; among her hair

Twined the light bluebell and the stone…crop gay;

And not far thence the small encampment lay;

Curling its wreathed smoke into the air。

She seemed a child of some sun…favored clime;

So still; so habited to warmth and rest;

And in my wayward musings on past time;

When my thought fills with treasured memories;

That image nearest borders on the blest

Creations of pure art that never dies。



Henry Alford '1810…1871'





FANNY

A Southern Blossom



Come and see her as she stands;

Crimson roses in her hands;

And her eyes

Are as dark as Southern night;

Yet than Southern dawn more bright;

And a soft; alluring light

In them lies。



None deny if she beseech

With that pretty; liquid speech

Of the South。

All her consonants are slurred;

And the vowels are preferred;

There's a poem in each word

From that mouth。



Even Cupid is her slave;

Of her arrows; half he gave

Her one day

In a merry; playful hour。

Dowered with these and beauty's dower;

Strong indeed her magic power;

So they say。



Venus; not to be outdone

By her generous little 

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