Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1911 — A Maiden. [ARTICLE]

A Maiden.

Oh, if I were the velvet rose Upon the red rose vine. I’d cHmb to touch his window And make his casement fine. And if I were the little bird That twitters on the tree. All day I'd slhg my love for him Till he should harken me. But since I am a maidep I go with downcast eyes. And he will never hear the songs That he has turned to sighs. And since I am a maiden My love will never know - That I could kiss him with a mouth More red than roses blow. -Sara Teasdale In Lippincott's Magazine.