With you to row and me to kiss,
What joy 'twould be when we are wed!"
"Ah, no," she said—"'Tis very clear
That you will row and I shall steer."
What joy 'twould be when we are wed!"
"Ah, no," she said—"'Tis very clear
That you will row and I shall steer."
PLAYING TENNIS
The winds are playing with her hair,
Her cheeks are flushing like the rose,
She stands with racket raised in air,
To catch the ball that comes and goes.
She springs more fleetly than the roe
And serves with swift unerring flight,
Like willows when the breezes blow
She bends, and sways, and turns, and light
Upon the lawn her footfalls pass,
As thistledown upon the grass.
Three brilliants brought from Afric's strand
Reflect the morning's rosy light,
And yet her eyes are twice as bright
As all the jewels on her hand.
Her cheeks are flushing like the rose,
She stands with racket raised in air,
To catch the ball that comes and goes.
She springs more fleetly than the roe
And serves with swift unerring flight,
Like willows when the breezes blow
She bends, and sways, and turns, and light
Upon the lawn her footfalls pass,
As thistledown upon the grass.
Three brilliants brought from Afric's strand
Reflect the morning's rosy light,
And yet her eyes are twice as bright
As all the jewels on her hand.
YES OR NO
They sat within a dreamy bower,
And passed the hours in converse sweet;
He by her side, yet at her feet,
Nor heard the clock upon the tower
That chimed each swiftly passing hour;
And passed the hours in converse sweet;
He by her side, yet at her feet,
Nor heard the clock upon the tower
That chimed each swiftly passing hour;
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