Chloe, M.A., Ad Amantem Suam

Edward James Mortimer Collins 1827 (Plymouth, ) – 1876 (Knowl Hill, )




Careless rhymer, it is true,
That my favourite colour's blue:
But am I
To be made a victim, sir,
If to puddings I prefer
Cambridge [pi]?
  
If with giddier girls I play
Croquet through the summer day
On the turf,
Then at night ('tis no great boon)
Let me study how the moon
Sways the surf.
  
Tennyson's idyllic verse
Surely suits me none the worse
If I seek
Old Sicilian birds and bees,
Music of sweet Sophocles,
Golden Greek.
  
You have said my eyes are blue;
There may be a fairer hue,
Perhaps, and yet
It is surely not a sin
If I keep my secrets in
Violet.
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Scheme AAXBBX CCDEED FFGHHG AAXIIX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 539
Words 112
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6

Edward James Mortimer Collins

Edward James Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English poet and novelist.  more…

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