Franklin P. Adams. She Is Not Fair. Fuess and Stearns, comps. 1922. The Little Book of Society Verse

Fuess and Stearns, comps. The Little Book of Society Verse. 1922.

She Is Not Fair

By Franklin P. Adams


“SHE is not fair to outward view”;
No beauty hers of form or face;
She hath no witchery, ’t is true,
No grace.

Nor pretty wit, nor well-stored mind,	5
Nor azure eyes, nor golden hair
Hath she. She is—I am not blind—
Not fair.

What makes me love her, then? say you,
For such a maid is not my wont.	10
Love her! What makes you think I do?
I don’t.