With growing sense of diffidence She pauses at the corner, Quite unaware her bashful air Doth passing well adorn her— A child of Eve, bound to achieve Her wish and post her letter, Though fearing lest some one has guessed The tremors that beset her. A valentine!—the lace design Upon the packet shows it. The address down for fear the town Will know it as she knows it. Well, little maid, a careless Blade May hold it in derision, Nor even guess the tenderness That prompted your decision! The paper lace may find a place Among his pipes and papers, Considered quite unique and bright— When folded into tapers! Ah, well-a-day! the maids must play At love and pay the piper, But youth shall prance a lively dance When Chloe's years are riper! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAIL TEESSIDE! by CECIL DAY LEWIS SENRYU: BLIND DATE by TIMOTHY LIU FRANCIS II, KING OF NAPLES; SONNET by AMY LOWELL STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 5. MARYLAND by CLARENCE MAJOR TOWARD THE GULF; DEDICATED TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |