Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT OF A YEAR LATER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF YOU SEE THIS SONG, MY DEAR
Last Line: I DO NOT KNOW.
Subject(s): LOVE; QUARRELS; SINGING & SINGERS; ARGUMENTS; DISAGREEMENTS;
IF you see this song, my dear,
And last year's toast,
I'm confoundedly in fear
You'll be serious and severe
About the boast.

Blame not that I sought such aid
To cure regret.
I was then so lowly laid
I used all the Gasconnade
That I could get.

Being snubbed is somewhat smart,
Believe, my sweet;
And I needed all my art
To restore my broken heart
To its conceit.

Come and smile, dear, and forget
I boasted so,
I apologise -- regret --
It was all a jest; -- and -- yet
I do not know.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net