When was it published?

January 9, 1858 in Mountain Democrat

Poem January 9, 1858

Mountain Democrat

Q: What keywords are associated?

Sweet Kate, Shelling Beans, Rattling Beans, Nectared Kiss, Romantic Silence

Placerville, El Dorado County, California

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What is this article about?

The speaker reminisces about a tender moment shelling beans in silence with his beloved Kate, admiring her beauty, stealing a kiss, and noting the rattling beans as the only sound.

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I am thinking of the time, sweet Kate,
when, sitting by thy side, and shelling beans
I gazed on thee, and felt a wondrous pride.

In silence leaned we o'er the pan,
and neither spoke a word,
but the rattling of the beans, Kate,
was all the sound we heard.

Thy auburn curls hung down, Kate,
and kissed thy lily cheek,
azure eyes half filled with tears
bespoke a spirit meek.

To be so charmed as I was then
ne'er before occurred,
when the rattling of the beans, Kate,
was all the sound I heard.

I thought it was not wrong, Kate,
so leaning over the dish
you snatched up a lot of beans
I snatched a nectared kiss.

And then a very sudden shower
made my eyes blind, and I neither saw nor stirred;
but the rattling of the beans, KATE,
was all the sound I heard.

What sub-type of article is it?

Ballad Song

What themes does it cover?

Love Courtship

What keywords are associated?

Sweet Kate Shelling Beans Rattling Beans Nectared Kiss Romantic Silence

Poem Details

Subject

Recalling A Moment Shelling Beans With Kate

Form / Style

Rhymed Quatrains With Refrain

Key Lines

But The Rattling Of The Beans, Kate, Was All The Sound We Heard. I Snatched A Nectared Kiss. But The Rattling Of The Beans, Kate, Was All The Sound I Heard.