Gertrude

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Title:     Gertrude
Author: Madison Julius Cawein [More Titles by Cawein]

When first I gazed on GERTRUDE'S face,
Beheld her loveliness and grace;
Her brave gray eyes, her raven hair,
Her ways, more winsome than the kiss
Spring gives the flowers; her smile, that is
Brighter than all the summer air
Made sweet with birds:--I did declare,--
And still declare!--there is no one,
No girl beneath the moon or sun,
So beautiful to look upon!
And to my thoughts, that on her dwell,
Nothing seems more desirable--
Not OPHIR gold nor ORIENT pearls--
Than seems this jewel-girl of girls.

[The end]
Madison Julius Cawein's poem: Gertrude

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