Jenny Lind Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

to Jenny Lind on the curve of Song

Hans Andersen wrote

in a rose leafed scrawl



to Jenny Lind.

to Jenny Lind on a mermaid shore

Hans Andersen cried



oh evermore I loved you, Jenny Lind.

but song is brief and life is wronged sometimes oh Jenny

my muted swan



drifts on the current and passes by

but Jenny Lind cannot espy

the awkward heart that is so nigh.



tin soldiering on he still salutes

Jenny Lind with the voice of a lute

Jenny Lind.



Jenny Lind in a pale blue shawl

why do you turn your face to the wall

and cast his embroidery out to sea



he only made for love of thee.



mary angela douglas 16 march 2020