Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon

To a Proud Beauty

    "A Valentine"

    Though I have loved you well, I ween,
    And you, too, fancied me,
    Your heart hath too divided been
    A constant heart to be.
    And like the gay and youthful knight,
    Who loved and rode away,
    Your fleeting fancy takes a flight
    With every fleeting day.

    So let it be as you propose,
    Tho' hard the struggle be;
    'Tis fitter far—that goodness knows!—
    Since we cannot agree.
    Let's quarrel once for all, my sweet,
    Forget the past—and then
    I'll kiss each pretty girl I meet,
    While you'll flirt with the men.