That Kiss I Stole

I never forgot that kiss I stole,

     When I caught her unawares;

How could I help it, she looked so sweet,

     As she fluttered down the stairs.

I never forgot that kiss I stole,

     How could I forget it, when

It cost me a thousand in the courts,

     And made me the saddest of men?

Dec. 6, 1894

  Pub. in Boston

Courier, Jan. 27,

     1895