How should he read her face aright?
Upon her brow the hair is bright,
Within her eyes a tender light,
Her luring hands are lily-white,
Tho' blood be red upon the slab;
Her calling voice is siren-sweet,--
He crouches fawning at her feet,--
It is a fatal thing to meet
The Ladye of the Lab!
And she hath ta'en him with a string
To where the linnets never sing,
Where stiff and still is everything,
And there a heart lies quivering
When blood is red upon the slab;
O little dog that wandered free!
And hath she done this thing to thee?
How may she work her will with me,--
The Ladye of the Lab!
CHARLES KELLOGG FIELD.
_Four-Leaved Clover_.
~Our Wrongs.~
When girls are only babies,
Their mammas quite insist
That they by us--
Against our wills--
Be kissed--kissed--kissed.
But when those girls
Are sweet eighteen,
Their mammas say we sha'n't,
And though we'd like to kiss them,
We can't--can't--can't.
C.F.H.
_Williams Weekly_.
~A Snare and a Delusion.~
Between the trees a hammock swings
On the lawn, at twilight's glow;
Oh, what bliss sweet memory brings
Of the days of long ago!
A dainty gown of spotless white,
Moulded to a faultless form,
Fashioned like a fairy sprite,
Riding on love's tidal storm.
In the gloaming, dim discerning,
We can faintly see the book;
Softly stealing, with lore's yearning,--
Gracious heaven! it's the cook!
_Yale Record_.
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