On a Pot of Tulips
BUDS — all pink and white from a country garden,
Prim in shawls of green as New England spinsters—
How they shook! how, tense as for flight on tiptoe,
Blushed to be looked at!
Prim in shawls of green as New England spinsters—
How they shook! how, tense as for flight on tiptoe,
Blushed to be looked at!
Flowers — as Pope says women — at heart are wantons!
Now these painted daughters of pagan Flora
Loll like green-zoned goddesses posed by Rubens,
Clothed — in their blushes.
Now these painted daughters of pagan Flora
Loll like green-zoned goddesses posed by Rubens,
Clothed — in their blushes.