Poems (Radford)/I do not Love you Very Much

by Dollie Radford

XXIV

I do not love you very much,
 Only your tuneful voice,
Which, in a happy moment, takes
 The music of my choice.

I do not love you, dear, at all,
 Only your merry ways,
Which linger in my mind, and set
 Me dreaming through the days

In truth, I think it is dislike
 You kindle in my heart,
Because you come so joyously
 To steal so large a part.