The Look

by Sara Teasdale (1915) — a poem card from Justes Mots

Two suitors gave their kisses and were forgotten; the one who only looked is remembered still.

STREPHON kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes…

Themes: love · admiration