Chantey Chantey

Ballade At Thirty Five


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This, no song of ingénue,


This, no ballad of innocence;


This, the rhyme of a lady who

Followed ever the natural bents.

This, a solo of sapience,

This, a chantey of sophistry,

This, the sum of experiments,



I loved them until they loved me.

Decked in garments of sable hue,

Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents,

Wearing shower bouquets of rue,

Walk I ever in penitence.

Oft I roam, as my heart repents,

Through God's acre of memory,

Marking stones, in my reverence,



I loved them until they loved me.

Pictures pass me in long review,

Marching columns of dead events.

I was tender, and, often, true;

Ever a prey to coincidence.

Always knew I the consequence;

Always saw what the end would be.

We're as Nature has made us -- hence



I loved them until they lo