Cean Dubh Deelish

By Sir Samuel Ferguson

1810-1886

PUT your head, darling, darling, darling,
         Your darling black head my heart above;
O mouth of honey, with thyme for fragrance,
         Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love?

O many and many a young girl for me is pining,
         Letting her locks of gold to the cold wind free,
For me, the foremost of our gay young fellows;
         But I'd leave a hundred, pure love, for thee!

Then put your head, darling, darling, darling,
         Your darling black head my heart above;
O mouth of honey, with thyme for fragrance,
         Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love?

DayPoems Poem No. 662
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