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MIDAS' WOOING
Midas woos with coach and pair,
Midas woos with princely air,
Midas sits within in state,
But another 's at the gate.
Midas woos with princely air,
Midas sits within in state,
But another 's at the gate.
What cares Midas who waits there,
Kate 's within and Kate is fair,
Young and lively: that is well,
Has she got a heart to sell?
Kate 's within and Kate is fair,
Young and lively: that is well,
Has she got a heart to sell?
Kate can sing if she but try,
She might, were another by;
Katie sings a lover's air,
Will she find an echo there?
She might, were another by;
Katie sings a lover's air,
Will she find an echo there?
Kate plays best of all the girls,
Katie plays the “Shower of Pearls,”
Some one in that witching hour,
Thinks of Jove, and Danaë's shower.
Katie plays the “Shower of Pearls,”
Some one in that witching hour,
Thinks of Jove, and Danaë's shower.
From above the hawthorn bush,
Peeps the moon and wakes the thrush,
Bird and moon and music grate,
Like the hinges on the gate.
Peeps the moon and wakes the thrush,
Bird and moon and music grate,
Like the hinges on the gate.
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Midas rises—takes his cane,
“Will be proud to call again.”
Off goes Midas. Off goes Kate;
Two stand at the garden gate.
“Will be proud to call again.”
Off goes Midas. Off goes Kate;
Two stand at the garden gate.
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