A Picture And Poetry #2

 

                      

 My dark-hair'd girl, thy ringlets deck,

In silken curl, thy graceful neck;

Thy neck is like the swan, and fair as the pearl,

And light as air the step is of my dark-haired girl.

My dark-haired girl, upon thy lip

The dainty bee might wish to sip;

For thy lip it is the rose, and thy teeth they are pearl,

And diamond is the eye of my dark-haired girl! 

My dark-haired 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! 

-Samuel Lover