Poetry. ANY KISSES WITH THE DROSES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2644, 22 June 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)

Poetry. ANY KISSES WITH THE DROSES.

The squire is young and handsome, and it happens every day That he stops to buy a flower as I meet him on the way ; And to-dav he took them all at any price that I'd agree, But instead of looking at the flowers kept his eves on me, Till my cheeks were flushed and burning like the blushes on the rose, For the cheek ia such a tell-tale when the fond heart overflows.

Since ho was so very generous I took him at his word: . " For each rose I'll take a shilling-do you think the price absurd ? . Then he asked me with a twinkle in Ins very roguish eye, " Any kisses with the roses when the roses 'are so high?" , ~ . When I told him that my tulips went with every rose he sot, Why, he grabbed me and the basket, saying he would take the lot.

Ho not only took my roses, but ho also took ray heart, And his reason was, that love ana flowers shouldn't live apart. Then I naked : "When one is faded will you brine the other back ?" But he answered in a roguish way by giving me a smack. i Otherwise ho made no answer, there s a precious reason why : ( When the lips are so engagod you can t expect them to reply.

Lovely maiden take this precept: Would you win a lover true, Let your life be like the flowers, fresh baptised with heaven's dew, Fragrant with its many virtues, both in sunshine and in shade, Then he'll wear you in his bosom as a rose that cannot fade; And it matters not what blossoms may spring up along the way, You will always be the choicest flower in his heart-bouquet. —F. E.MEKSOS BItOOKS. San Francisco News Letter.