Among The Rice Fields

She was fair as a Passion-flower,

(But little of love he knew.)

Her lucent eyes were like amber wine,

And her eyelids stained with blue.

He called them the Gates of Fair Desire,

And the Lakes where Beauty lay,

But I looked into them once, and saw

The eyes of Beasts of Prey.

He praised her teeth, that were small and white

As lilies upon his lawn,

While I remembered a tiger’s fangs

That met in a speckled fawn.

She had her way; a lover the more,

And I had a friend the less.

For long there was nothing to do but wait

And suffer his happiness.

But now I shall choose the sharpest Kriss

And nestle it in her breast,

For dead, he is drifting down to sea,

And his own hand wrought his rest.

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Poems in English 

• The Milk-Maid O’ The Farm by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Mead A-Mow’d by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Meäd In June by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The May-Tree by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Maid Vor My Bride by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Maid O’ Newton by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Lovely Maïd Ov Elwell Meäd by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Love Child by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Little Worold by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Linden On The Lawn by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Lilac by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Lew O’ The Rick by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Leäne by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Leädy’s Tower by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Lark by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Ivy by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Hwomestead A-Vell Into Hand by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Humstrum by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Homestead by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Hollow Woak by William Barnes by William Barnes

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