The Look
The Look
Original Text
Love Songs (New York: Macmillan, 1917): 7. PS 3539 .E15 L8 1917 Robarts Library
2 Robin in the fall,
3But Colin only looked at me
4 And never kissed at all.
5Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
6 Robin's lost in play,
7But the kiss in Colin's eyes
8 Haunts me night and day.
Notes
1] Strephon: traditional name (like Colin) for a shepherd in classical pastoral poetry. Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1917
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2004
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