Poems (Prescott)/Caprice

by Mary Newmarch Prescott

For works with similar titles, see Caprice.

CAPRICE

He said, one spring, that ere the days
 Grew warm, and summer twilights long,
And roses set the world ablaze,
 And every bird had learned its song—

Ere fields with scented ferns were sweet,
 And lily petals all uncurled—
That he would teach a heart to beat
 For him alone of all the world.

But when the rose had bloomed and blushed,
 And silence followed the birds' tune,
He gave the heart back, torn and crushed,
 That learned to love too soon.