I KNEW a lady when the days Grew long, and evenings goldened; But I was not emboldened By her prompt eyes and winning ways. And when old Winter nipt the haws, "Another's wife I'll be, And then you'll care for me," She said, "and think how sweet I was!" And soon she shone as another's wife: As such I often met her, And sighed, "How I regret her! My folly cuts me like a knife!" And then, to-day, her husband came, And moaned, "Why did you flout her? Well could I do without her! For both our burdens you are to blame!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD SUSAN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE YOUTH AND CUPID by ELIZABETH I THE YELLOW BADGE by RUTH SCHECHTER ALEXANDER PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 89, 90. MU'HTI, MANI'H by EDWIN ARNOLD FATHER GOOSE by LYMAN FRANK BAUM PSALM 141 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |