Wanton (verse)
Canby, Marion
Wanton "She was too beautiful!" he said. "Life should have understood And let her play her savage games within a pristine wood, Netting the butterflies that lift upon the Iong sunbeams,...
...Life should have understood And let her play her savage games within a pristine wood, Netting the butterflies that lift upon the Iong sunbeams, Skimming water-wisps that make wee panic on the streams...
...She snared a young girl's fluttering wish and pinned it to a tree ; She sought the black pool of my mind where thoughts slid fearfully . . ." MARION CANBY...
...Wanton "She was too beautiful...
...Instead, she came with flying looks and all our wisdom fledw We could not guess the wantonness within that dawn-bright head...
Vol. 12 • October 1930 • No. 25
