LOVE SONG

Suppose we two were cast away
On some deserted strand,
Where in the breeze the palm trees sway--
A sunlit wonderland;
Where never human footsteps fell,
Where trpoic love-birds woo,
Like Adam and Eve we would dwell,
In paradise for two.
Would you, I wonder, tire of me
As sunny days went by,
And would you welcome joyously
A steamer? ... So would I.

Suppose we sought bucolic ways
And led the simple life,
Away--as runs the happy phrase--
From cities toil and strife.
There you and I could live alone,
And share our hopes and fears.
A small-town Darby and his Joan,
We'd face the quiet years.
I wonder, would you ever learn
My charms could pall on you,
And would you let your fancy turn
To others? ... I would too.
Between us two (suppose once more)
Had rolled the bounding deep;
You journeyed to a foreign shore,
And left me here to weep.
I wonder if you'd be the same,
Though we were far apart,
And if you'd always bear my name
Engraved upon your heart.
Or would you bask in other smiles,
And, charmed by novelty,
Forget the one so many miles
Away? ... That goes for me.

by Dorothy Parker

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