Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WITH DAISY IN THE RAIN, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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WITH DAISY IN THE RAIN, by                    
First Line: There are many occupations
Last Line: When walking home with daisy in the rain.
Subject(s): Children; Rain; Walking; Childhood


There are many occupations
Which may fascinate and charm
By their pleasing operations
And their teasing spice of harm;
There is sitting in a street car
With a lady in the aisle,
When you hide behind your paper
With a guileful, guilty smile.
But this truth is very plain
To my mildly maddened brain,
There is nothing to compare,
Any time or anywhere,
To walking home with Daisy in the rain.

When the scintillating shower
Drizzles in the dingy street,
There 's a certain subtle power
In pedestrians you meet.
There 's a tantalizing promise
In each lowly lifted dress
That is apt to keep you dodging
Like a shadow, I confess.
But how easy to restrain
All the ardor that you feign
For the stranger, when you find
That your journey is confined
To walking home with Daisy in the rain.

While from street to street you wander,
With her little dimpled hand
Resting on your arm, you ponder
If she 'll ever understand
Why you like a small umbrella
Hardly large enough for two,
And you make the journey longer
Than you really ought to do.
And you hardly can refrain
From attempting to explain
What the trouble is about;
But you always, always doubt
When walking home with Daisy in the rain.





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