A Lost Angel 😇

A Lost Angel – Ellis Parker Butler

When first we met she seemed so white

I feared her; As one might near a spirit bright

I neared her;

An angel pure from heaven above

I dreamed her,

And far too good for human love

I deemed her.

A spirit free from mortal taint

I thought her,

And incense as unto a saint

I brought her.

Well, incense burning did not seem

To please her,

And insolence I feared she’d deem

To squeeze her;

Nor did I dare for that same why

To kiss her,

Lest, shocked, she’d cause my eager eye

To miss her.

I sickened thinking of some way

To win her,

When lo! she asked me, one fine day,

To dinner!

Twas thus that made of common flesh

I found her,

And in a mortal lover’s mesh

I wound her.

Embraces, kisses, loving looks

I gave her,

And buying bonbon, flowers, and books,

I save her;

For her few honest, human taints

I love her,

Nor would I change for all the saints

Above her

Those eyes, that little face, that so

Endear her,

And all the human joy I know

When near her,

And I am glad when to my breast

I press her,

She’s just a woman, like the rest,

God bless her!