Love

Cean Duhh Deelish

by Sir Samuel Ferguson 1810–1886

From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)

Love

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!

MLA

Ferguson, Samuel. “Cean Duhh Deelish.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ferguson_s/15/.

Chicago

Ferguson, Samuel. “Cean Duhh Deelish.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ferguson_s/15/.

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