Johnny, Founded On An Anecdote Of The First French Revolution Poem Rhyme Scheme

Recent Interactions*

This poem was read 9 times,

This poem was added to the favorite list by 0 members,

This poem was voted by 0 members.

(* Interactions only in the last 7 days)

New Poems

Wonderful Women
by Umaru Kanneh Boima
Freedom To Scratch In Peace
by Olute Aete
Happy New Year
by Felix Menda
Human Beings
by Dana Graslie
Lust
by Wisdom Greatness
An Isolated Tree's Song
by Sayeed Abubakar
A Strange Boy
by Sayeed Abubakar
O Soil
by Sayeed Abubakar
No War, No War-monger
by Sayeed Abubakar
Night's Town
by Sayeed Abubakar

Popular Poets

1. Emily Dickinson(2414 poems)
2. Madison Julius Cawein(1231 poems)
3. Ella Wheeler Wilcox(1136 poems)
4. William Wordsworth(1016 poems)
5. Robert Burns(986 poems)
6. Edgar Albert Guest(945 poems)
7. Thomas Moore(849 poems)
8. Robert Service(831 poems)

Johnny had a golden head	A
Like a golden mop in blow	B
Right and left his curls would spread	A
In a glory and a glow	B
And they framed his honest face	C
Like stray sunbeams out of place	C
	-
Long and thick they half could hide	D
How threadbare his patched jacket hung	E
They used to be his Mother's pride	D
She praised them with a tender tongue	E
And stroked them with a loving finger	F
That smoothed and stroked and loved to linger	F
	-
On a doorstep Johnny sat	G
Up and down the street looked he	H
Johnny did not own a hat	G
Hot or cold tho' days might be	H
Johnny did not own a boot	I
To cover up his muddy foot	J
	-
Johnny's face was pale and thin	K
Pale with hunger and with crying	L
For his Mother lay within	K
Talked and tossed and seemed a dying	L
While Johnny racked his brains to think	M
How to get her help and drink	M
	-
Get her physic get her tea	H
Get her bread and something nice	N
Not a penny piece had he	H
And scarce a shilling might suffice	N
No wonder that his soul was sad	O
When not one penny piece he had	O
	-
As he sat there thinking moping	L
Because his Mother's wants were many	H
Wishing much but scarcely hoping	L
To earn a shilling or a penny	H
A friendly neighbor passed him by	P
And questioned him Why did he cry	P
	-
Alas his trouble soon was told	Q
He did not cry for cold or hunger	F
Though he was hungry both and cold	Q
He only felt more weak and younger	F
Because he wished so to be old	Q
And apt at earning pence or gold	Q
	-
Kindly that neighbor was but poor	R
Scant coin had he to give or lend	S
And well he guessed there needed more	T
Than pence or shillings to befriend	S
The helpless woman in her strait	U
So much loved yet so desolate	V
	-
One way he saw and only one	W
He would he could not give the advice	N
And yet he must the widow's son	W
Had curls of gold would fetch their price	N
Long curls which might be clipped and sold	Q
For silver or perhaps for gold	Q
	-
Our Johnny when he understood	X
Which shop it was that purchased hair	Y
Ran off as briskly as he could	X
And in a trice stood cropped and bare	Y
Too short of hair to fill a locket	Z
But jingling money in his pocket	V
	-
Precious money tea and bread	A
Physic ease for Mother dear	A2
Better than a golden head	A
Yet our hero dropped one tear	Y
When he spied himself close shorn	B2
Barer much than lamb new born	B2
	-
His Mother throve upon the money	H
Ate and revived and kissed her son	W
But oh when she perceived her Johnny	H
And understood what he had done	W
All and only for her sake	C2
She sobbed as if her heart must break	C2

Christina Rossetti

Johnny, Founded On An Anecdote Of The First French Revolution Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Write your comment about Johnny, Founded On An Anecdote Of The First French Revolution poem by Christina Rossetti

Recent Interactions*

New Poems

Popular Poets