English poem
Albert Ellsworth Thomas
by H. P. Nichols (1850–1940)
Which?
Blonde or brunette? Shall Ethel fair, My winter girl, with golden hair, Or Maud, whose dark brown eyes bewitch,— My summer girl,—now govern? Which?
Shall cold Bostonianism rule? Shall Love teach Browning in his school? Or shall coy glances, passion-rich, Compel my fond allegiance? Which?
And yet the solving's really clear. For winter's gone and summer's here. I want no statue in a niche, So Cupid says, "Let Maud be 'Which!'"