John Betjeman Quote

In the licorice fields at Pontefract
My love and I did meet
And many a burdened licorice bush
Was blooming round our feet;
Red hair she had and golden skin,
Her sulky lips were shaped for sin,
Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd
The strongest legs in Pontefract.

"The Licorice Fields at Pontefract" from A Few Late Chrysanthemums. - Poetry