SOMEBODY told me, one bright summer day, -- Was he in earnest, or only in play? -- "You're an angel, my darling!" I turn'd half away, But I couldn't say, "No, sir." Could you? Somebody said that the moments were bliss Spent by the side of a certain young miss; Then somebody teased for "Just one little kiss," And I couldn't say, "No, sir." Could you? Somebody told me he wanted a wife, To be only somebody's all through her life; And somehow I yielded without any strife, For I couldn't say, "No, sir." Could you? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE IN TWILIGHT by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH LET ME NOT LOSES MY DREAM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON WHEN I WAS A BIRD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE JOY OF THE HILLS by EDWIN MARKHAM |