The Parterre
I don't know any greatest treat
As sit him in a gay parterre,
And sniff one up the perfume sweet
Of every roses buttoning there.
It only want my charming miss
Who make to blush the self red rose;
Oh! I have envy of to kiss
The end's tip of her splendid nose.
Oh! I have envy of to be
What grass 'neath her pantoffle push,
And too much happy seemeth me
The margaret which her vestige crush.
But I will meet her nose at nose,
And take occasion for her hairs,
And indicate her all my woes,
That she in fine agree my prayers.
|The Envoy|
I don't know any greatest treat
As sit him in a gay parterre,
With Madame who is too more sweet
Than every roses buttoning there.
~~
E.H. Palmer (1840-1882)
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
E.H. Palmer biography
L 10 - pantoffle = slipper (from Dutch, "pantoffel")
ReplyDeleteL 12 - margaret = daisy (from French, "marguerite")
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