Poems (Piatt)/Volume 2/In a Queen's Domain

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4618818Poems — In a Queen's DomainSarah Piatt
IN A QUEEN'S DOMAIN.
Ah, my subject, the rose, I know,
Will give me her breath and her blush;
And my subject, the lily, spread snow,
If I pass, for my foot to crush.

My subjects, the lamb and the fawn,
They hide their heads in my breast;
And my subject, the dove, coos on,
Though my hand creep close to her nest.

But my subject, the bee, will sting;
And my subject, the thorn, will tear;
And my subject, the tiger, will spring
At me, with a cry and a glare.

And my subject, the lion, will shake
With his anger my loneliest lands;
And my subject, the snake (ah! the snake!)
Will strike me dead in the sands!