In the Park

Helen Hoyt

1887 to 1972

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