http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/02/when-the-green-lies-over-the-earth/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/02/when-the-green-lies-over-the-earth/#comment-2984 Jilly Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:57:42 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=734#comment-2984 I have never once even encountered her name. :( That is a very sweet poem. I have never once even encountered her name.
That is a very sweet poem.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/02/when-the-green-lies-over-the-earth/#comment-2983 Mary Meriam Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:19 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=734#comment-2983 You I love your throat, so fragrant, fair, The little pulses beating there; Your eye-brows' shy and questioning air; I love your shadowed hair. I love your flame-touched ivory skin; Your little fingers frail and thin; Your dimple creeping out and in; I love your pointed chin. I love the way you move, you rise; Your fluttering gestures, just-caught cries; I am not sane, I am not wise, God! how I love your eyes! Angelina Weld Grimké You
I love your throat, so fragrant, fair,
The little pulses beating there;
Your eye-brows’ shy and questioning air;
I love your shadowed hair.
I love your flame-touched ivory skin;
Your little fingers frail and thin;
Your dimple creeping out and in;
I love your pointed chin.
I love the way you move, you rise;
Your fluttering gestures, just-caught cries;
I am not sane, I am not wise,
God! how I love your eyes!
Angelina Weld Grimké
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