Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SECRETS, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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First Line: Blonde charlotte's face is aquiline
Last Line: "that rare coquette—""which?"" you must guess!"
Subject(s): Beauty; Courtship; Man-woman Relationships; Polygamy; Secrets; Male-female Relations


Blonde Charlotte's face is aquiline,
And Bess has features retroussé;
One has a smile like summer-shine,
Through which wee dimples peep and play.
Her eyes are gems so rare and pure
They put to blush the Kohinoor;
Withal, she 's such a winsome witch,
Is—well, no matter who or which!

When Charlotte dons her gown of gray
And Bess her jaunty suit of blue,
The two are fairer than the day
When June is ripened through and through.
And one is sweeter than the blooms
That pout without her curtained rooms;
They pout, no doubt, because their lot
Keeps them so far from—tell I 'll not!

Dear Lot and Bess are young and gay
And keep my 'wildered wits awhirl;
I know not how to break away
From one and court the other girl,
For each has charms hard to resist
And each seems fashioned to be kissed.
At least, 't were rapture to caress
That rare coquette—"Which?" You must guess!





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