Ellis Parker Butler (Эллис Паркер Батлер)

A Minute

She plucked a blossom fair to see;
  Upon my coat I let her pin it;
And thus we stood beneath the tree
          A minute.

She turned her smiling face to me;
  I saw a roguish sweetness in it;
I kissed her once;—it took, maybe,
          A minute.

The time was paltry, you’ll agree;
  It took but little to begin it;
But since my heart has not been free
          A minute.

Ellis Parker Butler’s other poems:

  1. Cupid Caught Napping
  2. Song for Heroes
  3. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  4. The Sheep
  5. A Pastoral

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