Mary Elizabeth Coleridge True Poems
- 1. Blue And White
BLUE is Our Ladyâ??s colour,
White is Our Lordâ??s.
To-morrow I will wear a knot
Of blue and white cords,
... - 2. Punctilio
O LET me be in loving nice,
Dainty, fine, and oâ??er precise,
That I may charm my charmà d dear
As thoâ?? I felt a secret fear
... - 3. A Huguenot
Oh, a gallant set were they,
As they charged on us that day,
A thousand riding like one!
Their trumpets crying,
... - 4. An Insincere Wish Addressed To A Beggar
We are not near enough to love,
I can but pity all your woe;
For wealth has lifted me above,
And falsehood set you down below.
... - 5. -he Came Unto His Own, And His Own Received Him Not-
As Christ the Lord was passing by,
He came, one night, to a cottage door.
He came, a poor man, to the poor;
He had no bed whereon to lie.
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