Love
The Song of Phebe and Jellicoe
From An Island in the Moon (c. 1784)
Love
Phebe drest like beautie's Queen,
Jellicoe in faint peagreen,
Sitting all beneath a grot,
Where the little lambkins trot.
Maidens dancing, loves a sporting,
All the country folks a courting,
Susan, Johnny, Bob, & Joe,
Lightly tripping on a row.
Happy people, who can be
In happiness compar'd with ye?
The Pilgrim with his crook & hat
Sees your happiness compleat.
Cite this poem
MLA
Blake, William. “The Song of Phebe and Jellicoe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/111/.
Chicago
Blake, William. “The Song of Phebe and Jellicoe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/111/.
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