Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | IV. Wooing and Winning | | Somebody | | Anonymous |
| | | SOMEBODY ’s courting somebody, | |
| Somewhere or other to-night; | |
| Somebody ’s whispering to somebody, | |
| Somebody ’s listening to somebody, | |
| Under this clear moonlight. | 5 |
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| Near the bright river’s flow, | |
| Running so still and slow, | |
| Talking so soft and low, | |
| She sits with Somebody. | |
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| Pacing the ocean’s shore, | 10 |
| Edged by the foaming roar, | |
| Words never used before | |
| Sound sweet to Somebody. | |
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| Under the maple-tree | |
| Deep though the shadow be, | 15 |
| Plain enough they can see, | |
| Bright eyes has Somebody. | |
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| No one sits up to wait, | |
| Though she is out so late, | |
| All know she ’s at the gate, | 20 |
| Talking with Somebody. | |
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| Tiptoe to parlor door; | |
| Two shadows on the floor! | |
| Moonlight, reveal no more,— | |
| Susy and Somebody. | 25 |
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| Two, sitting side by side | |
| Float with the ebbing tide, | |
| “Thus, dearest, may we glide | |
| Through life,” says Somebody. | |
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| Somewhere, Somebody | 30 |
| Makes love to Somebody, | |
| To-night. | | | | |
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