Do you remember how the sun Went shimmering across the dew That day when May was just begun And all of life and love were new? A gypsy lad and lass we ran Through field and wood, can you forget That day when you were Aucassin And I was Nicollette? And then the wonder of that night When the white moon went up the sky, And we two promised by its light The faith and love that could not die. By stern parental laws beset, I think we quite enjoyed our woe, That night when I was Juliet And you were Romeo. To-night we meet again -- we two; Great are the comedies of life. I chaperone my daughter -- you Yawn while you wait and watch your wife. I smile serenely at your frown, You slumber while we drive uptown, To-night, when you are Mr. Brown And I am Mrs. Brown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 10. THE PALATINE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER A LITTLE PARABLE by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH EYES AND LIPS by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER WORLD-MILLER by FRANCES BARBER ECLOGUE: TWO FARMS IN WOONE by WILLIAM BARNES |