A TALE IN "BLANK" VERSE
They sat beneath a siarry eky One warm and fragrant June nijjht, And 'round about them far and nigh There shone the mellow . (Same old sphere and same old shine.) "Tpur eyee," 6aid he and snuggled near, "Are like the stars above you." , Then softly murmured in her ear Tbo fateful words, (What any other idiot would murmur under tho circumstances.) She neither eaid "How dare you, eir!" Nor "I will be your sister." Instead 6he pursed the lips of her And then, of course, he— — (Well, what would you do?) On Love's romantic primrose waj Ther loitered not nor carried, But Med them to a church ono day And speedily were— (Ijife-scutenced.) No "happy over after" fate Of them ie writ—dear me. no! She quickly left the married state And settled down hi (The land of the free.) —Ella. Bcntley Arthur, in "New York Life."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2344, 29 December 1914, Page 8
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151A TALE IN "BLANK" VERSE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2344, 29 December 1914, Page 8
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