Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
IV. Wooing and WinningLoves Logic
AnonymousThis—for a woman even—is absurd;
His income ’s not a hundred pounds, I know.
He ’s not worth loving.”—“But I love him so!”
But looks are far from being all in all.
His social standing ’s low, his family ’s low.
He ’s not worth loving.”—“And I love him so!”
My dear! he ’s such an awkward, ugly man!
You must be certain, pet, to answer ‘No.’
He ’s not worth loving.”—“And I love him so!”
I wouldn’t have a milk-and-water chap.
The man has not a single spark of ‘go.’
He ’s not worth loving.”—“Yet I love him so!”
Though he were ugly, awkward (and he isn’t),
Poor, low-born, and destitute of ‘go,’
He is worth loving, for I love him so.”