SOMEBODY told me, one bright summer day, -- Was he in earnest, or only in play? -- "You're an angel, my darling!" I turn'd half away, But I couldn't say, "No, sir." Could you? Somebody said that the moments were bliss Spent by the side of a certain young miss; Then somebody teased for "Just one little kiss," And I couldn't say, "No, sir." Could you? Somebody told me he wanted a wife, To be only somebody's all through her life; And somehow I yielded without any strife, For I couldn't say, "No, sir." Could you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A JOYFUL SONG OF FIVE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD MIDDLE-AGED; A STUDY IN EMOTION by EZRA POUND LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH by WILFRED OWEN MAIDEN MELANCHOLY by RAINER MARIA RILKE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: AUGUST by EDMUND SPENSER |