Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SORT OF TIMID LIKE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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First Line: Once I loved a maiden
Last Line: Sort of timid like.
Subject(s): Family Life; Love - Marital; Relatives; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love


Once I loved a maiden
Like a turtle dove,
She was just an angel,
Full of coo and love.
Married to another,
Watchful now I smile,
That day I was usher
Up and down the aisle.

Now he's pushing babies
Up and down the walk;
While the kids are howling
You should hear her talk.
He looks kind of wistful
As I pass them by;
But there's no escaping
'Neath her watchful eye.

Birds of air are mating,
Singing songs of love,
Building homes and nesting
In the trees above;
Still they often quarrel,
I have seen them fight,
So I'm hesitating—
Sort of timid like.





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