Versos English Thomas Winthrop Hall Jacks from Jack.

English poem

Jacks from Jack.

by (1862–1900)

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Fresh, fragrant, tempting, balmy, red— What fool would send them back? Why do I wish that I were dead, With all these jacks from Jack?

Why do I bite my lips and frown, Tear buttons off my sacque, When, just returning to the town, I get these jacks from Jack?

Alas, for pleasure's giddy whirl, For summer lost, alack! He's off to see some other girl; That's why mere jacks from Jack.