THE REPROOF.
i Underneath a shady tree Chanced a youth a maid to see. ♦ To this cool, sequestered nock ■ She had wandered with a book ; But the heat her senses dulled, ' Insects' drone to slumber lulled, And the author was so deep f She had fallen fast asleep. Spying her thus slumbering there, Sweetly innocent and fair, He stole softly up behind, fiontly o'er the girl inclined, And, half fearing breath to take, ' Lest, perchance, she might awake, As the bee sweet honey Rips Boldly kissed her pouting lips. ' Wakened thus, in shy surprise The maid cast down her lovely eyes, And the youth began to try His ruh act to justify. V X know," said he, " that I did wrong, t But my temptation was too strong ; Such a melting mouth as this, Surely was but made to kiss." , Deeper still the maiden blushed, Rosier yet her sweet face flushed : Lower down she dropped her head, As with modest air she said : "It was wronp, most certainly, Thus to steal a kiss from me ; T was sound asleep, and you — Might just as well have taken two !"
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2161, 15 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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188THE REPROOF. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2161, 15 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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