 | A Summer Christmas and a Sonnet upon The S.S. "Ballaarat." |  |
Ida was queen that night, and made
Her choice of subject ‘Love,’ and bade
The lover concentrate his tale
Not on the female but the male.
“You've given us a picture of
A pretty English girl in love
In Ethel. Show us if you can
The feelings of an Englishman
In the same sweet predicament.”
“Bravo!” exclaimed with one consent
Kit and the statesman, and the first
Whispered, “I did not think she durst,
Has not she splendid impudence
To sally thus at his expense?”
Her choice of subject ‘Love,’ and bade
The lover concentrate his tale
Not on the female but the male.
“You've given us a picture of
A pretty English girl in love
In Ethel. Show us if you can
The feelings of an Englishman
In the same sweet predicament.”
“Bravo!” exclaimed with one consent
Kit and the statesman, and the first
Whispered, “I did not think she durst,
Has not she splendid impudence
To sally thus at his expense?”
Cobham took refuge in a smile,
And, thinking for a little while,
Gave them a tale half revery
And half of it reality.
And, thinking for a little while,
Gave them a tale half revery
And half of it reality.
| A Summer Christmas and a Sonnet upon The S.S. "Ballaarat." | |