My Color

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Title:     My Color
Author: John Kendrick Bangs [More Titles by Bangs]

MY best-loved color? Well, I think I like
A soft and tender dewy green-for grass.
Sometimes a pink my fancy too will strike-
In lobster _purée_ or a Sauterne glass.

Blue is a color, too, I greatly love.
It’s sort of satisfying to my eyes.
’Tis their own color; and I’m quite fond of
This hue also for soft Italian skies.

For blushes, give me red, nor hesitate
To pile it on; I like it good and strong
Upon the cheeks of her I call my Fate,
The loveliest of all the lovely throng.

On golden-yellow oft my fancy dwells.
’Tis almost godlike, as it sparkles through
The effervescent fizz; and wondrous spells
It casts o’er me when coined in dollars, too.

Hence, friend, it is I cannot specify
What hues particular my joys enhance.
I like them all; their popularity
At special times depends on circumstance.

[The end]
John Kendrick Bangs's poem: My Color

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