Gil Morris's mother confessing he is her abondoned child
"I ance was full of Gil Morris as the hip is of the stone"

or Sir Patrick Sens description of a haloed moon

"For I saw the new moon yestere'en with the auld moon in her arms

Or Bonnie Peggy

"For I would lie in Jimmy's arms though his grave was growin' green"

They don't write them like they used to
Jim Carroll