 | Poems of the late Francis S. Key, Esq., . |  |
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Another Riddle,
MADE FOR OUR AMUSEMENT ONE EVENING.
There was a little maiden,
And cross and proud was she,
And I loved her very much,
And she loved me!
And cross and proud was she,
And I loved her very much,
And she loved me!
She determined to live single,
And I begged and prayed her not,
So at last she married me,
And I pitied her hard lot.,
And I begged and prayed her not,
So at last she married me,
And I pitied her hard lot.,
There was another maiden
Who hated me, and I
Hated her—she loved her lover
Always best when I was by.
Who hated me, and I
Hated her—she loved her lover
Always best when I was by.
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When he told his love, to have
Me present he took care;
And she always answered kindly
If I was there to hear.
Me present he took care;
And she always answered kindly
If I was there to hear.
O! many a soft and tender thing
Was said by lip and eye,
That never had been thought of
If I had not been nigh.
Was said by lip and eye,
That never had been thought of
If I had not been nigh.
And now, ye lovely maidens,
With my presence and advice
You may always turn your lovers
Into husbands in a trice.
With my presence and advice
You may always turn your lovers
Into husbands in a trice.
When these love tales you hear, and wish
To make a kind reply—
Tell all to me, and when you meet
Take care that I am by.
To make a kind reply—
Tell all to me, and when you meet
Take care that I am by.
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Now I must tell you who I am,
Lest some mistake there be:
I am the one that those soft scenes
You wish should always see.
Lest some mistake there be:
I am the one that those soft scenes
You wish should always see.
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