So many have said that your eyes are blue, May, my dear, It must be a tiresome fact, though true, May, my dear, And if I for one, my gracious Queen, Should boldly assert that your eyes were green, 'Twould be a relief to you, I ween, Eh, my dear?
We know of the touch of your garments fold, May, my dear, The daisies come starring with white and gold The way, my dear. We know that the painted blossoms all Come starting up at your gentle call, By dale and meadow and garden-wall, May, my dear.
We know that your birds have the sweetest tune, May, my dear: And lovers love best beneath your moon, They say, my dear. And I might add that that your perfumed kiss Is considered productive of highest bliss; But you must be so tired of hearing this! Eh, my dear?
No, I really don't think there's anything fresh, Or new, my dear. For the world is small, and available rhymes Are few, my dear. So if I say naught about vernal bowers, And forbear to mention the sunlit showers, I think I shall make the best use of my powers. Dont you, my dear?
And yet I cannot help loving you so, May, my dear, That the old words, whether I will or no, I say, my dear, And how you are fair, and how you are sweet My loving lips forever repeat.-- And is that the reason you pass so fleet? Ah! stay, my dear!
THE GIRLS' TRICYCLE CLUB AND ITS RUN DOWN THE CAPE.
Tricycles had become an every-day affair in Sherridoc, and since the formation of the Girls' Club, lady tricyclers were not an extraordinary sight. So Charlotte, or "Charley" Van Rensselaer, as she was called, and her brother Starrett excited but little comment as they wheeled swiftly down Haymarket street, moving noiselessly and easily through the throng of carriages and other vehicles, until, as the houses grew less frequent and the pavements stopped altogether, they rolled through the suburbs of the town and so into the open country, without stay or pause.
For they were making time. The club itself, thanks to the failure of the express company to deliver Charley's new "Columbia" when promised, had several hours' start on the road; and Starrett, like the obliging brother that he was, had remained behind in order that Charlotte need not ride alone nor the club be longer delayed by waiting for her.