OH, would I resembled <br /> <br />The country girls fair, <br />Who rosy-red ribbons <br /> <br />And yellow hats wear! <br /> <br />To believe I was pretty <br /> <br />I thought was allow'd; <br />In the town I believed it <br /> <br />When by the youth vow'd. <br /> <br />Now that Spring hath return'd, <br /> <br />All my joys disappear; <br />The girls of the country <br /> <br />Have lured him from here. <br /> <br />To change dress and figure, <br /> <br />Was needful I found, <br />My bodice is longer, <br /> <br />My petticoat round. <br /> <br />My hat now is yellow. <br /> <br />My bodice like snow; <br />The clover to sickle <br /> <br />With others I go. <br /> <br />Something pretty, e'er long <br /> <br />Midst the troop he explores; <br />The eager boy signs me <br /> <br />To go within doors. <br /> <br />I bashfully go,-- <br /> <br />Who I am, he can't trace; <br />He pinches my cheeks, <br /> <br />And he looks in my face. <br /> <br />The town girl now threatens <br /> <br />You maidens with war; <br />Her twofold charms pledges . <br /> <br />Of victory are.<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/declaration-of-war/
