Jane, in a suit of Cameron plaid, Meanders, homeward-bound, with "dad." You know how well she looks in that Crowned with a jaunty Scotia hat. Ah, me! if I could join the twain, Or skip papa, and just with Jane Could wander home, I would be glad; But Jane meanders home with "dad." Jane dons a dark blue cape and gown, And, with her mother, walks to town. How proud and soldierly her mien When in that martial garb she 's seen! I would not give her mother pain, Yet I would like to walk with Jane. But if I did, mamma would frown; So Jane, with mother, walks to town. Jane, in a waist of azure hue, Sits there and looks me through and through; Her parents are away, I find. Thus fortune has at last been kind; And yet my joy is not complete, Though Jane is smiling and petite. My feelings I cannot explain— I wish I were n't alone with Jane! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SECRET by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FLETCHER MCGEE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH |