Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | III. Love’s Beginnings | | “Smile and never heed me” | | Charles Swain (1801–1874) |
| | | THOUGH, when other maids stand by, | |
| I may deign thee no reply, | |
| Turn not then away, and sigh,— | |
| Smile, and never heed me! | |
| If our love, indeed, be such | 5 |
| As must thrill at every touch, | |
| Why should others learn as much?— | |
| Smile, and never heed me! | |
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| Even if, with maiden pride, | |
| I should bid thee quit my side, | 10 |
| 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,— | 15 |
| Then—thou then—mayst heed me! | | | | |
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