And the "divots" round were flying,

And with eyes-a-dance she said to me, "Your iron's the King of Spades!"

Now a foe, on such occasion,

Of the feminine persuasion,

Fair and twenty to the game a sort of subtlety imparts;

And I felt its potent glamour,

And I answered with a stammer

Shy and nervous, "It was rash of me to play the Queen of Hearts!"

Any further explanation

Of my inward admiration