 | The Complete Poems and Collected Letters of Adelaide Crapsey |  |
The changed request O que m'importe que tu sois sage Sois belle et sois triste
“Be sad, be beautiful, my love,”
He prayed, oh ardent lad;
“Be never a lesser thing, sweet love;
Than beautiful and sad.”
He prayed, oh ardent lad;
“Be never a lesser thing, sweet love;
Than beautiful and sad.”
But now what while the coffee steams,
And he grows wise the while,
His ardour prays—“The coffee steams,
Good Lord, my dear—please smile!”
And he grows wise the while,
His ardour prays—“The coffee steams,
Good Lord, my dear—please smile!”
| The Complete Poems and Collected Letters of Adelaide Crapsey | |