LANCELETS A NVISII. Would I were the boo that buzzes In and out my lady's bower, I would whirr In through her lattice, 1 would woo hot', choicest flower. F loin her lips V(1 gather honey Sweeter than from sweetest rose; honeycomb Pd make of tent. drops That she weeps When nightAnists close I would soothe her to soft slumbers By slow buzzing melody— 'en I'd go and fetch from dreamland Dreams to make her dream of me. A NEW VERSION. The teacher whacked the boy, one day, Who disobeyed the rule, The scholars did not laugh nor play, To see that Jaunt in school. WRITE VIOLETS. "how easily your heart forgets What once could thrill it tin ough and through My tribute of white violets, All sweet and wet with morning (low, Meant More than other flowers then, As I meant more than other men, My heart of hearts to you. "And yet, tonight, you need send :them back, Crushed close within your letter's fold; Do withered leaves and brittle stems, And tiny, scentless hearts of ;fold, Bereft of sunshine and of dew. Mean less than nothing untoryou 7: How easily your heart forgets . My violet cf violets:" OUT OF MOUT. Wu stopped before thu Jeweler's, And, there in beauty bright, A lovely bracelet was displayed, She said 'twas "oat of sight." She 'ask me If I know:the price; I did, as well 1 might; • " Poi lid Inquired the day before— And : It wm "out of olght." fief. 'admiration grew apace, She hinted left and right, I fled unseen, and when she turned THE FREE LANCE. —Yale, Courant —Harvard Lampoon —Southern Collegian AN AGE. The south wind warms the branches bare Of the old tree leafless and ,brown, And, cheered by tile sunlight's kindly care, Ito fears not IVinter's frown. The old bead white with the storms of life, But cheered by his children's care. Rests safe 'mid worldly trouble and strife, Nor dreads Death's cold despair. —lames Westervelt in Ms Tim PERVASIVE TOOTHPICK, The tablecloth was fresh and neat, The china bright, the viands sweot, And slim and straight beside the meat, Stood proudly up—the toothpick Stood stiffly, us a toothpick ought, Which once was shunned but now is song! For time has turned and forward brought To prominence the toothpick. The dinner done they passed it round, And none said Nay, ,, and no ono frowned But all, with dignity profound, Applied the,nimele toothpick. Oh, other things of moaner sphoro, Comb ! tweezers ! brush I The time draw , Perchance, When each shall be the poor Of tho promoted toothpick. PM LOPENA. Phillis, maid of gay domoanor, Fair, with fascination fraught, Bade me eat a philopona And, consenting, I was caught. But the debt I quickly paid her Bre the sad time came to part, And her keen perception made her See the forfeit was my heart. WOMAN'S WAY. " , Pray kiss and make up, dear ; Nor hinder my taking A kiss for love's slaking— See, l'il kiss off the tear. No more mad heart breaking—"' Ana all of the time she was inwardly qtu Lest hornose should got red and her eyes I BEIVEAU , "This hat is very much worn this year,' Said the clerk to a poet wan, Who sadly sighed as he turned away— "So is the one 1 have on."
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