I know a girl with teeth of pearl,
And shoulders white as snow;
She lives, – ah well,
I must not tell, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
Her sunny hair is wondrous fair,
And wavy in its flow;
Who made it less
One little tress, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
Her eyes are blue (celestial hue!)
And dazzling in their glow;
On whom they beam
With melting gleam, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
Her lips are red and finely wed,
Like roses ere they blow;
What lover sips
Those dewy lips, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
Her fingers are like lilies fair
When lilies fairest grow;
Whose hand they press
With fond caress, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
Her foot is small, and has a fall
Like snowflakes on the snow;
And where it goes
Beneath the rose, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
She has a name, the sweetest name
That language can bestow.
‘Twould break the spell
If I should tell, –
Wouldn’t you like to know?
(John Godfrey Saxe)
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