Skip to content
Linespedia

Buie Annajohn.

Topics: classic

Buie Annajohn was the king's black mare,     Buie, Buie, Buie Annajohn!     Satin was her coat and silk was her hair,     Buie Annajohn,     The young king's own.     March with the white moon, march with the sun,     March with the merry men, Buie Annajohn!     Buie Annajohn, when the dew lay hoar,     (Buie, Buie, Buie Annajohn!)     Down through the meadowlands went to war,--     Buie Annajohn,     The young king's own.     March by the river road, march by the dune,     March with the merry men, Buie Annajohn!     Buie Annajohn had the heart of flame,     Buie, Buie, Buie Annajohn!     First of the hosts to the hostings came     Buie Annajohn,     The young king's own.     March till we march the red sun down,     March with the merry men, Buie Annajohn!     Back from the battle at the close of day,     (Buie, Buie, Buie Annajohn!)     Came with the war cheers, came with a neigh,     Buie Annajohn,     The young king's own.     Oh, heavy was the sword that we laid on;     But half of the heave was Buie Annajohn,     Buie, Buie, Buie Annajohn!

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"Buie Annajohn was the king's black mare,..."

Bliss Carman (William)'s contribution to classic is further solidified by the brilliance found in "Buie Annajohn."... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"A stone jug and a pewter mug,     And a table set for three!     A jug and a mug at every place,     And a biscuit or two with Brie!     Three"

"Once in the Workshop, ages ago,     The clay was wet and the fire was low.     And He who was bent on fashioning man     Moulded a shape from"

"When Kavin comes back from the barber,     Although he no longer is young,     One cheek is as soft as his heart,     And the other as smooth a"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"A stone jug and a pewter mug,     And a table set ..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.