New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
Love
"A few kind words discreetly urged,
In gentle, winning tone,
Quickly dissolved the charmed spell
That round him had been thrown.
"She raised him up, then with a cord,
Invisible but strong,
She firmly bound him to her side,
Then gaily tripped along.
"And now and then her head she turned,
Deliberately and slow,
With well-feigned wonder in her looks
That he should follow so.
"Sometimes, in light and laughing mood,
She'd with her captive play,
Then turn and in a pettish tone,
Would bid him go away.
"But ever if he turned to go,
Thinking the bond to spurn,
One glance from her would touch the cord
And force him to return.
"And thus the cruel maiden lives,
Toying from day to day,
Forever bidding him depart,
Yet forcing him to stay.
"Now, dearest Emma, need I say,
I am that silly bird,
Bound by the cords of love to you,
The kind but cruel maid
"Do not this fond and faithful heart,
To dark despair resign;
O grant me this and make be blest,
Say will you not be mine"
Of course she could not crush the love
So tenderly revealed,
And so he pressed his lips to hers,
And thus the bargain sealed.
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