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Poem by Ellis Parker Butler


A Minute


She plucked a blossom fair to see;
  Upon my coat I let her pin it;
And thus we stood beneath the tree
          A minute.

She turned her smiling face to me;
  I saw a roguish sweetness in it;
I kissed her once;—it took, maybe,
          A minute.

The time was paltry, you’ll agree;
  It took but little to begin it;
But since my heart has not been free
          A minute.



Ellis Parker Butler


Ellis Parker Butler's other poems:
  1. A Scotchman Whose Name Was Isbister
  2. Song for Heroes
  3. To May
  4. At Variance
  5. The Poor Boy’s Christmas


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