Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHRISTMAS GIFTS, by CLINTON SCOLLARD


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CHRISTMAS GIFTS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My sweet the fates befriend her!
Last Line: I'd gladly give -- myself!
Subject(s): Christmas; Marriage; Nativity, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


My sweet the Fates befriend her! -
Thus every night I pray),
What present shall I send her
For Merry Christmas Day?
My brain has slipped its sprocket,
My thoughts are all a-spin,
Oh, shall it be a locket,
A bracelet or a pin?

The more I muse the more I
Am addled like an egg;
Dan Cupid I implore, I
Beseech, entreat and beg;
And, lo, the while I linger
I seem to hear -- "Be bold!
Select for her third finger
A little band of gold!"

Shall I this year remember
The dear lad of my heart,
And fan what seems an ember
Of love, with tender art?
Some kerchiefs? -- I've been trying
His monogram to do!
A scarf? -- there's no denying
I like him best in blue!

Cigars! I know the brand he
Is partial to, I think;
Some cuff-links might prove handy! --
Is there a hint in "link"?
A much be-ribboned basket;
A purse to keep his pelf; --
Ah, me! if he'd but ask it
I'd gladly give -- myself!





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