The Music of your Voice

A vase upon the mantelpiece,

  A ship upon the sea,

A goat upon a mountain-top

  Are much the same to me;

But when you mention melon jam,

  Or picnics by the creek,

Or apple pies, or pantomimes,

  I love to hear you speak.

The date of Magna Carta or

  The doings of the Dutch,

Or capes, or towns, or verbs, or nouns

  Do not excite me much;

But when you mention motor rides -

  Down by the sea for choice

Or chasing games, or chocolates,

  I love to hear your voice.