Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WE MET BY CHANCE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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WE MET BY CHANCE, by                    
First Line: We met by chance! Yes, I recall
Last Line: We met by chance!
Subject(s): Chance; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


We met by chance! Yes, I recall
I found her waiting in the hall
Of Mme. Dainty's charming flat.
She wore a jaunty Dresden hat
Above a face that might enthral
An anchorite. A gauzy shawl
Of white half hid her charms; and all
The vision told me that
We met by chance!

As in an angle of the wall
She stood—dressed for a fancy ball,
Perhaps—a blushing shepherdess,
With ribboned crook, I could but look
A love that I dared not express.
Yet, in her eyes, as from a book,
I read consent; then walked away,
Because this maid I met to-day
Was porcelain, exquisite, small—
We met by chance!





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