To A Proud Beauty – A Valentine By Adam Lindsay Gordon

    Though I have loved you well, I ween,
    And you, too, fancied me,
    Your heart hath too divided been
    A constant heart to be.
    And like the gay and youthful knight,
    Who loved and rode away,
    Your fleeting fancy takes a flight
    With every fleeting day.

    So let it be as you propose,
    Tho� hard the struggle be;
    �Tis fitter far, that goodness knows!
    Since we cannot agree.
    Let�s quarrel once for all, my sweet,
    Forget the past, and then
    I�ll kiss each pretty girl I meet,
    While you�ll flirt with the men.