Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | I. Admiration | | My Sweetheart’s Face | | John Allan Wyeth (1845–1922) |
| | | MY kingdom is my sweetheart’s face, | |
| And these the boundaries I trace: | |
| Northward her forehead fair; | |
| Beyond a wilderness of auburn hair; | |
| A rosy cheek to east and west; | 5 |
| Her little mouth | |
| The sunny south. | |
| It is the south that I love best. | |
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| Her eyes two crystal lakes, | |
| Rippling with light, | 10 |
| Caught from the sun by day, | |
| The stars by night. | |
| The dimples in | |
| Her cheeks and chin | |
| Are snares which Love hath set, | 15 |
| And I have fallen in! | | | | |
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