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Show Woman. Bho was K woman wondrous fair And puro on nectar of tho flowers. 1 met her on tho river's nhoro Where spreading vims tho path embowers. em-bowers. I met her Just ns rosy morn Oped wldo her eyes to blended llght-And llght-And sho was fair beyond compnro. While I well, I nm pusslng. qultcl With courteous bow, I raised my hat And asked how clmnced It that n mnld Wns up so early In tho mornT (Sho led tho dnybi-enk's serenndol) "I nhvnys rise nt D." she said, "I nnd It Rives mo henlth nnd'hopo." Snld I unto myself, wlso boy: "1 seo sho Is tho proper dopol" "O Miss," said I, "tho' brnsh nnd bold My hnsty action seems to you, 1 fain would nsk theo It I may Ilccome thy suitor ono to suo7 A Knight of Lovo to woo und win Tho sweetest womun over born, A mnld of raro nnd wondrous charmB O Venus, of tho early morn? "And should I win you, mnld en fair O you, who tuno affection's lyre, Wilt thou, nt rising, every morn Just bldo n wco to light tho llroT Just bldo a wco to light tho tiro AVhtlo I sleep on In peace nnd blls7 Ah, tell me, sweetheart, tell mo true, If you could lovo mo nnd do this!" Sho tossed her hend In pretty splto And snld, her dimples all arrayed: "I'll hnvo you understand, young man, Thnt I am not a kitchen mnld I" "Ah, then," said I, "I'll build tho fires And you bo fireman of my heart; Just tend tho glowing coals of love. And let that bo your wifely parti" "I could not think of It," sho lisped Ah, sho was haughty nnd so chill "I don't bollovo from looks of you Thnt you could meet tho. fuel bill!" But as sho turned to wnlk away, Sho paused and answered to my plea: "If you would llko to shovol coal. Come on, und havo a romp with mol" And I, crestfallen nnd In love, Wont Kindly, blindly to tho goal And never, since that fatal day, Havo I onco ceased to shovol coal I Sho leads ma over on nnd on, lly fragrant paths and rlMcs fast And tho' sho laughs to scorn the thought, She's fireman of my heart nt last. |