The Cherry
Richard Allison
c.1570 to c.1615
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
There is a garden in her face,
Yet them no peer nor prince may buy
Where roses and white lilies grow;
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
Threatening with piercing frowns to kill
A heavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow;
All that approach with eye or hand
Which, when her lovely laughter shows,
Her eyes like angels watch them still,
Those cherries fairly do enclose
They look like rosebuds fill'd with snow;
These sacred cherries to come nigh,
Her brows like bended bows do stand,
Of orient pearl a double row,
There cherries grow that none may buy