Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [201] Digitized by Microsoft® Dont Call Me Mister,Call Me George Sweet mistress mine, tis May, lets go a-maying, Thy glorious hair like Eve unbind As through the garden we go straying, And bring with Thee a merry breeze To set the trees and rushes singing. But as we rove in silent grove And I with pleading sigh begin a-wooing, Mention not age, nor call me thy dear sage. For that of all my fun would be the [202] Digitized by Microsoft® Illusions Ah! the wild music and the dizzy whirl,And the timed footsteps on the level floor,And two h
Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [201] Digitized by Microsoft® Dont Call Me Mister,Call Me George Sweet mistress mine, tis May, lets go a-maying, Thy glorious hair like Eve unbind As through the garden we go straying, And bring with Thee a merry breeze To set the trees and rushes singing. But as we rove in silent grove And I with pleading sigh begin a-wooing, Mention not age, nor call me thy dear sage. For that of all my fun would be the [202] Digitized by Microsoft® Illusions Ah! the wild music and the dizzy whirl,And the timed footsteps on the level floor,And two hearts beating, and glances meeting,And tresses entangling ever more;Could such things last forever?Alas! they passed foreverLike those light footstepsOn that dusty floor. If such things but illusions be. Haste and make an end of me. For theyre more precious in my eyes Than skinny Saints in paradise. So sang a singer long ago, But we have changed all that, you know. Now, we shall have just what we please According to modern theories.
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