Classic Poem

A little leaf from the rose's heart,
A little drop of pearl,
To write a little bit of a rhyme
For a little bit of a girl!
Bright as the humming-bird,
Sweet as the honey-bee,
That all who sing to the flowers may sing
To the little Rosalie!

The violet's dyes are in her eyes,
Its softest velvet in
The dimples, the dimples about her cheeks,
The dimple upon her chin!
Ah! well of the little humming-bird,
Ah! well of the little bee,
To sing, to sing to as sweet a thing
As the little Rosalie!

We think, we think of the starward palms
Over the Orient seas,
We drink, we drink of the blended balms
From the bright Hesperides.
We ask, we ask of the golden hours,
Of blossom, and bird, and tree,
A little lyric of stars and flowers
For the little Rosalie!