Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

 

Coquette

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Or light or dark, or short or tall,
She sets a springe to snare them all;
All's one to her -- above her fan
She'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.

Source:

Flower And Thorn: Later Poems
Copyright 1876
James R. Osgood And Company, Boston