Love

Apprehension

by Douglas Ainslie 1865–1948

From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)

Love

Before that my loved one
Has come within sight,
Run quickly and tell him:
'She 's angry to-night,
Your darling'— run quickly,
For ah! if I see
That ill-behaved dear one,

I know how 'twill be:
My face will grow smiling,
Though struggling with tears —
He is so beguiling,
That dearest of dears.

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