| Poems by Women |
A MORAL IN SEVRES
Upon my mantel-piece they stand,
While all its length between them
lies;
He throws a kiss with graceful hand,
She glances back with bashful
eyes.
The china Shepherdess is fair,
The Shepherd's face denotes a
heart
Burning with ardor and despair.
Alas, they stand so far apart!
And yet, perhaps, if they were moved,
And stood together day by
day,
Their love had not so constant proved,
Nor would they still have
smiled so gay.
His hand the Shepherd might have kissed
The match-box Angel's heart to
win;
The Shepherdess, his love have missed,
And flirted with the Mandarin.
But on my mantel-piece they stand,
While all its length between them
lies;
He throws a kiss with graceful hand,
She glances back with bashful eyes.
From: Stevenson, Burton Egbert.
The Home Book of Verse.
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
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