ONCE we played at love together-- <br />Played it smartly, if you please; <br />Lightly, as a windblown feather, <br />Did we stake a heart apiece. <br /> <br />Oh, it was delicious fooling! <br />In the hottest of the game, <br />Without thought of future cooling, <br />All too quickly burned Life's flame. <br /> <br />In this give-and-take of glances, <br />Kisses sweet as honey dews, <br />When we played with equal chances, <br />Did you win, or did I lose? <br /> <br />Was your heart then hurt to bleeding, <br />In the ardour of the throw? <br />Was it then I lost, unheeding, <br />Lost my heart so long ago? <br /> <br />Who shall say? The game is over. <br />Of us two who loved in fun, <br />One lies low beneath the clover, <br />One lies lonely in the sun.<br /><br />Mathilde Blind<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/once-we-played/
