Franklin P. Adams - Lines Written on the Sunny Side of Frankfort Street lyrics

Sporting with Amaryllis in the shade, (I credit Milton in parenthesis), Among the speculations that she made Was this: "When"--these her very words--"when you return, A slave to duty's harsh commanding call, Will you, I wonder, ever sigh and yearn At all?" Doubt, honest doubt, sat then upon my brow. (Emotion is a thing I do not plan). I could not fairly answer then, but now I can. Yes, Amaryllis, I can tell you this, Can answer publicly and unafraid: You haven't any notion how I miss The shade.