Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PROMENADE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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THE PROMENADE, by                    
First Line: My lady promenades the drive
Last Line: And all the golden days thereafter?
Subject(s): Courtship; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


My Lady promenades the drive
And smiles upon me, quite contented
In knowledge that, howe'er I strive,
I am about her half demented.
One small gloved hand rests on my arm
With lightest touch, almost caressing,
That fills me with a vague alarm
That it may feel my heart confessing.

My Lady wears a silken dress
That rustles in the breeze contrary;
She fights the wind in gay distress,
And blushes like a rosy fairy.
O saucy wind, be not unkind!
Your gentler mood is more assuring;
And yet, to my enraptured mind,
You make My Lady most alluring!

But yesterday I strolled alone
Upon the drive, and thought it gloomy;
I noticed that the birds had flown
And longed for summer, green and bloomy.
To-day the singing birds are here,
And carol in My Lady's laughter;
O, will you be my June, my dear,
And all the golden days thereafter?





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