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Poem by Ellis Parker Butler


At Variance


When with me the play she goes,
I much admire the buds and bows
And all that on Kate’s headgear grows.
But when some other night I see
That hat between the stage and me,
My taste and Kate’s do not agree.



Ellis Parker Butler


Ellis Parker Butler's other poems:
  1. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
  2. Song for Heroes
  3. A Scotchman Whose Name Was Isbister
  4. New England Magazine
  5. Reasonable Interest


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