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MIRIAM'S LOVERS
"I love the maiden passing well,"
Said Smith; "her figure's neat;
You may go far a prettier belle
Before yon chance to meet."
Said Smith; "her figure's neat;
You may go far a prettier belle
Before yon chance to meet."
"A devilish pretty girl," said Scott,
"She's just as sweet as honey,
But then two things she lacks: she's got
Neither good birth nor money."
"She's just as sweet as honey,
But then two things she lacks: she's got
Neither good birth nor money."
"She's chic," said White, "and I in her
Each day new charms discover;
Most truthfully I can aver
That, next myself, I love her."
Each day new charms discover;
Most truthfully I can aver
That, next myself, I love her."
"Somehow the girl my fancy takes,
Though why I cannot tell:
But there are plenty more," said Raikes,
"I like almost as well."
Though why I cannot tell:
But there are plenty more," said Raikes,
"I like almost as well."
"Few maids there are," said Jones, "whom I
So fervently admire,
But I have noticed in her eye
A leopard's tameless fire."
So fervently admire,
But I have noticed in her eye
A leopard's tameless fire."
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