Show STUDENT LIFE DECEMBER J902 FOUR FEET ON THE FENDER Tlie room within is cozy warm Her smile with welcome glowing Y ou doff your coat and make remark The skies w ithout are snowing She draws two cushioned rockers up — She witching sweet and slender You two sit by the open grate With four feet on the fender The fire burns up with cheery blaze All shadowy comers quelling And shows the clock upon the shelf The hours serenely telling You talk of politics and art — Promise a book to lend her You feel that truly comfortthis — With four feet on the fender The flames that danced and leaped and flared Die to a bed of embers The flickering shadows lurk and creep — Dark bodies without members A dreaminess fills all the air Your thoughts seem strangely tender Close close together draw two chairs And — four feet on the fender Your heart grows full and romance wings The dusk your mood enhances You softly press a willing hand — That light touch— it entrances! You talk of love new struggling hopes— With saints and angels blend her Oh bliss ineffable is reached With four feet on the fender! But snowflakes chill a burning heart— The magic spell is blasted You wonder if she meant it all Or like you while it lasted You trust she’ll know a man’s not true To fancy can’t surrender AVhen daylight takes the glamour off Four feet upon the fender |