LA BELLE DAME AVEC MERCI.
"Hungry-hearted girl, desperately in love with life, longs for sympathetic friends. Sane, healthy, good fellowship and sincerity. Meet and correspond. Near Glasgow."—T.P.'s Weekly.
O Hungry heart, whose starving plea
Speaks from the pages of T.P.!
I wonder, since your soul is sad,
May an Oxford undergrad
Your wished-for correspondent be?
"Near Glasgow"—That's the tragedy!
That's why you long for sympathy:
No wonder you cannot be glad,
O hungry heart.
By what you say, our tastes agree:
I too have health and sanity,
My teeth are good, my eyes not bad—
I'll send an answer to your ad.
Appease your appetite with me,
O hungry heart!