A LAY OF LAWS TENNIS.
Jjyiiero tho level lawn is greenest, and the .sunlight glistens pheenest, Lo she stands ; _ j fVhile the gapm is just beginning, there s racket poised fpr winping fn her hapds. She is daintily athletic,she is very energetic, In the “set;” Spe, she’s just returned a twister, tnat was pent her by her sister, O’er the net. SJps is great at “ Renshaw smashes, ti 3 a stroke that rather yasji is— All the same ; Put her pretty little muscles are (jnitp equal to the tussles pf the game. gappy he who stands beside her, and is privileged to guide her, f As she phtysf J could do that pleasant duty to this Amazonian’beauty All my days, I watph her garments flutter tliere are words 1 fain would utter, But I’m dumb ; Pop sloe’s tpnnis-tnad, and never from her racket seems to sever When I cojne. J must take my chance while playing, there is danger in delaying ; I'll confide Py devotion so unswerving to th e Iftdy whep I'm “ serving ” By her side! Pot all Atalanta's paces, when she ran her famous races, Were more fleet 5 Jjike Milanion in olden days, I’d cast the apples golden At her feet.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 440, 25 January 1890, Page 8
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204A LAY OF LAWS TENNIS. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 440, 25 January 1890, Page 8
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