We met by chance! Yes, I recall I found her waiting in the hall Of Mme. Dainty's charming flat. She wore a jaunty Dresden hat Above a face that might enthral An anchorite. A gauzy shawl Of white half hid her charms; and all The vision told me that We met by chance! As in an angle of the wall She stood—dressed for a fancy ball, Perhaps—a blushing shepherdess, With ribboned crook, I could but look A love that I dared not express. Yet, in her eyes, as from a book, I read consent; then walked away, Because this maid I met to-day Was porcelain, exquisite, small— We met by chance! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |