"Roses and Rue", page 2

Page 2

II
You were allways afraid of a shower
    (Just like a flower!)
I remember you started and ran
    When the rain began,

I remember I never could catch you
    For no one could match you,
You had wonderful luminous fleet
    Little wings to your feet.

Yet you someway⁴ would give me the prize,
    With a laugh in your eyes,
The rose⁵ from your breast, or the bliss
    Of a single swift kiss

On your neck with it's⁶ marble hue,
    And it's vein of blue, —
How these passionate memories bite
    In my heart, as I write!

⁴ For publication, "someway" was changed to "somehow."
⁵ For publication, a comma was added after "rose."
⁶ For publication, "it's" was changed to "its."