Cupid on a summer day, <br />Wearied by unceasing play, <br />In a rose heart sleeping lay, <br />While, to guard the tricksy fellow, <br />Close above the fragrant bed <br />Back and forth a gruff bee sped, <br />And, to lull the sleepy head, <br />Played 'Zoom! Zoom!' upon his ‘cello. <br /> <br />Little did the god surmise <br />That sweet Anna’s cerule eyes <br />Gazed on him with glad surprise, <br />Or that he was in such danger; <br />But the watchman bee, in haste, <br />Left his post that he might taste <br />of the honey nature placed <br />On the lips of that fair stranger. <br /> <br />Thus unwatched, from Cupid’s side <br />Anna stole the boy god’s pride, <br />All his love darts, and then hied <br />Far away from capture’s chances <br />And today she wields the prize; <br />For Love’s quiver still supplies <br />Darts that speed from Anna’s eyes <br />In her love compelling glances!<br /><br />Ellis Parker Butler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cupid-caught-napping/
