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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAROL, by JOHN BRACKLEY First Line: I saw a sweet and seemly sight Last Line: "my bairn, sleep softly now." | |||
I saw a sweet and seemly sight, A blissful maid, blossom bright, That moaning made and mirth of mange, A maiden mother, meek and mild, In cradle keep a knave child That softly slept; she sat and sang, "Lullay, lullow, lully, lullay, lully, lully, lully, lully, lully, Lullow, lully, lullay, baw, baw, My Bairn, sleep softly now." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GIANT RED WOMAN by CLARENCE MAJOR BRUTUS AND ANTONY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO W.P.: 2 by GEORGE SANTAYANA ONLY OF THEE AND ME by LOUIS UNTERMEYER PENITENTIAL PSALM: 6. DOMINE NE IN FURORE by THOMAS WYATT THE LOST LEADER by ROBERT BROWNING COUSIN NANCY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 43. FAREWELL TO JULIET (5) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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