Oh, Oh, you will be sorry for that word!
Give back my book and take my kiss instead.
Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,
"What a big book for such a little head!"
Come, I will show you now my newest hat,
And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink!
Oh, I shall love you still, and all of that.
I never again shall tell you what I think.
I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly;
You will not catch me reading any more:
I shall be called a wife to pattern by;
And some day when you knock and push the door,
Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy,
I shall be gone, and you may whistle for me.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1923
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Is "sweet" the only available epithet for a girl?
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2 comments:
There's always 'nice'. Heh.
Or 'fine', as in that excellent mnemonic for the stellar main sequence (the types of stars): OBAFGKMN - Oh, Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Now.
'Salty'?
Like that cantonese lullaby about a girl wishing that her future husband will buy her sweet and salty things to eat.
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