. The lays of a lawyer . is passion was such that it never couldfade. ENVOI Of course you have guessed who my how Tve made use of your laughingrequestTo tell you I love with a love thats by farMore lasting than hills, more wild than theWest. 68 DIABLERIE When the Devil was ill, the Devil a monk would be,When the Devil got well, the devil a monk was he. Rabelais. ENEATH the brown of his sun-^y burnt cheek y ^\ The devil grew pale in the gills,—Tis bootless the cause of his ailingto seek,Perhaps he was subject tochills,— Be that as it may, his mustache lostits he looke
. The lays of a lawyer . is passion was such that it never couldfade. ENVOI Of course you have guessed who my how Tve made use of your laughingrequestTo tell you I love with a love thats by farMore lasting than hills, more wild than theWest. 68 DIABLERIE When the Devil was ill, the Devil a monk would be,When the Devil got well, the devil a monk was he. Rabelais. ENEATH the brown of his sun-^y burnt cheek y ^\ The devil grew pale in the gills,—Tis bootless the cause of his ailingto seek,Perhaps he was subject tochills,— Be that as it may, his mustache lostits he looked so meagre and limp,That Charity felt—the soft-hearted girl!—Compelled to pity the imp: With poultices, lotions, witch hazel, beef tea, With soda-mint tablets and pillsShe doctored the scamp, while—a wonder to see: He bore like an angel his ills;So saintlike he seemed, that it was with relief, (You perceive all her pity in this,)In his coming translation she lost her belief By his dastardly stealing a kiss. 69. MANS LOVE HE sun rode low in the western sky,The song of the birds grew stillAs he and she came strolling byThrough the lane which led bythe mill; Have you heard ? Im engaged to Harry,said she. While a bright smile dimpled her never a single word said he. Though he seemed about to speak. But bending low he kissed her hand As he stifled a sob unheard,And he left next day for a foreign strand. Where he died and was interred— That is, in the course of some twenty years, In which, as it will had cause for laughter and cause for tears. And two good wives in all. 70
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