I know a girl with teeth of pearl, <br />And shoulders white as snow; <br />She lives, - ah well, <br />I must not tell, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know? <br /> <br />Her sunny hair is wondrous fair, <br />And wavy in its flow; <br />Who made it less <br />One little tress, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know? <br /> <br />Her eyes are blue (celestial hue!) <br />And dazzling in their glow; <br />On whom they beam <br />With melting gleam, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know? <br /> <br />Her lips are red and finely wed, <br />Like roses ere they blow; <br />What lover sips <br />Those dewy lips, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know? <br /> <br />Her fingers are like lilies fair <br />When lilies fairest grow; <br />Whose hand they press <br />With fond caress, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know? <br /> <br />Her foot is small, and has a fall <br />Like snowflakes on the snow; <br />And where it goes <br />Beneath the rose, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know? <br /> <br />She has a name, the sweetest name <br />That language can bestow. <br />'Twould break the spell <br />If I should tell, - <br />Wouldn't you like to know?<br /><br />John Godfrey Saxe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wouldn-t-you-like-to-know/
