Classic Poem

1

Her eyes are bright as the stars by night
And her lips like twin cherries red
Her cheeks are the rose when in dew it first blows
And her breasts like twin lillies in bed.
As sweet my young Love
As the pink or the clove
Or the streaky gilly-flower
Her breasts are as white
As heavens own light —
— And she grows to her bridal hour.

2

Her eyes own light are diamonds bright
That looks upon Love as the sun
As dews on the flower in mornings shower
So her smiles revive when they're won
She's the spring of the year
And the brook so clear
And the primrose in bloom by its side
That looks to the sky with innocent eye
And the charm of the spring in its pride.

3

The linnets nest so softly prest
Clings on the white thorn tree
To harm it where a sin the little ones within
Are so happy in their home so free
& it were sin to wrong
The maid in a Song
With feelings insincere
So I'll keep her like a Dove
In a happy thought o' Love
& think of her all the long year.