Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
III. Loves BeginningsSmile and never heed me
Charles Swain (18011874)T
I may deign thee no reply,
Turn not then away, and sigh,—
Smile, and never heed me!
If our love, indeed, be such
As must thrill at every touch,
Why should others learn as much?—
Smile, and never heed me!
I should bid thee quit my side,
Take this lesson for thy guide,—
Smile, and never heed me!
But when stars and twilight meet,
And the dew is falling sweet,
And thou hear’st my coming feet,—
Then—thou then—mayst heed me!