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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORGIVEN, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Twas on a brisk october day
Last Line: I saw babette -- all smiling
Subject(s): Yale University
First Line: Twas on a brisk october day
Last Line: I saw babette -- all smiling
Subject(s): Yale University
'TWAS on a brisk October day,
The skies and water, both, were gray;
Babette abruptly turned away;
Our guns beside us rested --
The rabbits, peeping 'tween the trees,
Had ne'er seen huntsmen such as these,
While, heavily, against the breeze,
The geese flew unmolested.
The saucy quail had made a boast
They never should be served on toast.
(Alas, the dish we loved the most!)
And now the time beguiling,
She waited for my heart to break --
I smoked in silence -- neither spake,
Until, reflected in the lake,
I saw Babette -- all smiling.
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