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