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ROSE-LEAVES
“Sans peser.—Sans rester.”
A KISS.
Rose kissed me to-day.Will she kiss me to-morrow?
Let it be as it may,
Rose kissed me to-day
But the pleasure gives way
To a savour of sorrow;—
Rose kissed me to-day,—
Will she kiss me to-morrow?
CIRCE.
In the School of CoquettesMadam Rose is a scholar:—
O, they fish with all nets
In the School of Coquettes!
When her brooch she forgets
'Tis to show her new collar;
In the School of Coquettes
Madam Rose is a scholar!
A TEAR.
There's a tear in her eye,—Such a clear little jewel!
What can make her cry?
There's a tear in her eye.
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And it's horribly cruel;”
There's a tear in her eye,—
Such a clear little jewel!
A GREEK GIFT.
Here's a present for Rose,How pleased she is looking!
Is it verse?—is it prose?
Here's a present for Rose!
“Plats,” “Entrées,” and “Rôts,”—
Why, it's “Gouffé on Cooking”
Here's a present for Rose,
How pleased she is looking!
“URCEUS EXIT.”
I intended an Ode,And it turned to a Sonnet.
It began à la mode,
I intended an Ode;
But Rose crossed the road
In her latest new bonnet;
I intended an Ode;
And it turned to a Sonnet.
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