. Entre Nous 1912. COMPANY C. The Linguistic Lover lie wooed in Spanish con tabu. And thought that thus hed surelj win her; For, as lus hope began to soar. He up and took her out to dinner. When of this speech hed spent his turned to parlez-vous tor taffy,And sighed en francats, Jc tadorv—Whereas, the maiden poured the cafe . So next he tried in Greek, forsooth,Hut she did not like his lo^os,For though twas Greek to her in truth,She greatl) feared it might be bomis. Just then he had a happj thought,And Hashed a classic ipse dixit;For since in Latin he had wrought, He telt that this wo
. Entre Nous 1912. COMPANY C. The Linguistic Lover lie wooed in Spanish con tabu. And thought that thus hed surelj win her; For, as lus hope began to soar. He up and took her out to dinner. When of this speech hed spent his turned to parlez-vous tor taffy,And sighed en francats, Jc tadorv—Whereas, the maiden poured the cafe . So next he tried in Greek, forsooth,Hut she did not like his lo^os,For though twas Greek to her in truth,She greatl) feared it might be bomis. Just then he had a happj thought,And Hashed a classic ipse dixit;For since in Latin he had wrought, He telt that this would surely U\ it. Hut when she looked perplexed and blushed,lie vowed with hand above his cuore,For to Italian now he all his vows were of amora. When dulcet tones she would not list. He swore hed frame it somewhat rougher— irh Hebe dich, he fairly hissed, ^1 et ^rill he did not seem to bluff her. At last she said in speak in tones so much above you?Try English once. —he took the hintAnd won he
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