In the Park
Helen Hoyt
1887 to 1972
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(Only a little I turned my hearing.)
As if they had not dreamed what he meant:
Never were known since the world began
Straight and evenly they went:
As if such a curiosity
As woman wanting man!
Teasing, endearing.
Won't you look? was what they said,
But I did not turn my head.
My heart led me past and took me away;
And yet it was my heart that wanted to stay.
He whistled soft whistlings I knew were for me,
My feet took me by;