ONLY a blush! O'er the cheek it swept, In a tint, but a shade more bright, While over the forehead the soft glow crept, Like Aurora's roseate light. Only a blush! 'Twas a single word That the heart's deep fountain woke, And in turbulent gushes, its depths were stirred, For the lips were loved that spoke. Only a blush! Yet the glow revealed That she loved him, and with pride In the armor of many a conquest steel'd, He lingered near her side, And breathed into her credulous ear, In the whim of an idle hour, Vows never forgotten by those who hear When subjected to Love's cruel power. Only a blush! Long it lingered there And assumed a hectic token, When the vows that woke it had vanished in air, And the maiden's heart was broken. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 15 by CONRAD AIKEN DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SMOTHERED FIRES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO MARY CHURCH TERRELL - LECTURER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON A TUFT OF GRASS by EMMA LAZARUS THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL A LETTER ON THE USE OF MACHINE GUNS AT WEDDINGS by KENNETH PATCHEN |