QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1902 . clasp your hand, With silks and jewels, and laces raFrom his palace in Fairyland. He should have a noble, manly a flashing, hazel eye,* And oh! you cried, * he shall lovThat for me he would d. re to die ! But I tliought a noble, manly heartWould better than beauty be. And I d rather far he whom 1 lovedShould live, than die for me. And still we talked, while from earth and sky Faded the evening one by one the quiet stars Came out in the balmy night. Ah, well ! your laces are rich and rare ; No jewels could brighter beThan those that gleam on your sle
QUIPS AND CRANKS - 1902 . clasp your hand, With silks and jewels, and laces raFrom his palace in Fairyland. He should have a noble, manly a flashing, hazel eye,* And oh! you cried, * he shall lovThat for me he would d. re to die ! But I tliought a noble, manly heartWould better than beauty be. And I d rather far he whom 1 lovedShould live, than die for me. And still we talked, while from earth and sky Faded the evening one by one the quiet stars Came out in the balmy night. Ah, well ! your laces are rich and rare ; No jewels could brighter beThan those that gleam on your slender hands;- But the hero came to me Yes, he passed you by, with And vour eyes likeAnd he clasped my small brown hand in his As he murmered, 1 love but thee. Then mv heart sang out in a wild, strange joThe jewels may be for you, childish dreams. But the sweetest ofFor me, has unsoi I hear th; sound of his coming feet ; He is calling, and I must ever, without, on the frozen earth, Falleth the cold, pur_* snow. 92.
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