O the valley in the summer where I and my John <br />Beside the deep reiver would walk on and on <br />While the flowers at our feet and the birds up above <br />Argued so sweetly on reciprocal love, <br />And I leaned on his shoulder; 'O Johnny, let's play': <br />But he frowned like thunder and he went away. <br /> <br />O that Friday near Christmas as I well recall <br />When we went to the Charity Matinee Ball, <br />The floor was so smooth and th band was so loud <br />And Johnny so handsome I felt so proud; <br />'Squeeze me tighter, dear Johnny, let's dance till it's day': <br />But he frowned like thunder and he went away. <br /> <br />Shall I ever forget at the Grand Opera <br />When music poured out of each wonderful star. <br />Diamonds and pearls they hung dazzling down <br />Over each silver or golden silk gown; <br />'O John I'm in heaven, ' I whispered to say: <br />But he frowned like thunder and he went away. <br /> <br />O but he was as fair as a garden in flower, <br />As slender and tall as the great Eiffel Tower, <br />When the waltz throbbed out on the long promenade <br />O his eyes and his smile they went straight to my heart; <br />'O marry me, Johnny, I'll love and obey': <br />But he frowned like thunder and he went away. <br /> <br />O last night I dreamed of you, Johnny, my lover, <br />You'd the sun on one arm and the moon on the other, <br />The sea it was blue and the grass it was green, <br />Every star rattled a round tambourine; <br />Ten thousand miles deep in a pit there I lay: <br />But he frowned like thunder and he went away.<br /><br />WH Auden<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/johnny/
