Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE STAIRS, by ANONYMOUS


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ON THE STAIRS, by                    
First Line: We were seated after dancing
Last Line: All my depth of love revealing / unawares
Subject(s): Flirtation


WE were seated after dancing
On the stairs.
He, before I could forbid it,
Stole a rose ere yet I missed it,
And as fervently he kissed it
Swiftly in his pocket hid it,
Unawares.

We were resting after dancing
On the stairs.
I had said that he should rue it,
And a lecture I intended,
Which I think he apprehended;
Yet he kissed me e'er I knew it,
Unawares.

We were silent after dancing
On the stairs.
I had stormed with angry feeling,
But he spoke love, never heeding;
And my eyes fell 'neath his pleading,
All my depth of love revealing
Unawares.





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