Elizabeth's Dreaming. Poem by Fay Slimm

He entered the room and measured the crowd.

Ladies in bodiced profusion, high-styled
And primping.
..................Bawdy, the men laughed loudly.

She stood there alone,
........................turned and caught his smile.
Cream begowned, hair gleaming
.....................................dimpled delight
She, with young beauty
...................................needed no preening.

He proferred his hand,
..........................and they danced that night
.So began Lady Elizabeth's dreaming.

Soldiers, she knew, led a dangerous life,
But would she succumb
.................................and become his wife?

(To be Continued)