"Caught!", 1860. 'Stolen kisses! stolen kisses!O what precious spoil they are! Whether cheek of sleeping miss is Walnut-brown or lily-fair. But, though dear the sweet possession, They are but a tasteless sham (Dare I make the bold confession ?) To a pot of stolen jam. Stolen meetings! stolen meetings! When our joy's half made of fear, Worth an age of formal greetings - Thou, the loved one, only near. Yet time was, my Eleanora, When we met by stealth, and made Happiness from plumcake, or a Pot of orange marmalade. Stolen kisses when rejected Ofttimes lead to wordy strife! Stolen meeti
"Caught!", 1860. 'Stolen kisses! stolen kisses!O what precious spoil they are! Whether cheek of sleeping miss is Walnut-brown or lily-fair. But, though dear the sweet possession, They are but a tasteless sham (Dare I make the bold confession ?) To a pot of stolen jam. Stolen meetings! stolen meetings! When our joy's half made of fear, Worth an age of formal greetings - Thou, the loved one, only near. Yet time was, my Eleanora, When we met by stealth, and made Happiness from plumcake, or a Pot of orange marmalade. Stolen kisses when rejected Ofttimes lead to wordy strife! Stolen meetings when detected Ofttimes chill a maiden's life! So, when housekeeping duenna "Caught" us foraging for "cram," Eleanora, salts and senna Were our substitutes for jam!' Illustration to a poem or song, published in "Illustrated London News", 1860.
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