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ROSE-LEAVES by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

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First Line: ROSE KISSED ME TODAY
Last Line: AND IT TURNED TO A SONNET.

'Sans peser. -- Sans rester.'

A KISS.

ROSE kissed me to-day.
Will she kiss me to-morrow?
Let it be as it may,
Rose kissed me to-day,
But the pleasure gives way
To a savour of sorrow; --
Rose kissed me to-day, --
Will she kiss me to-morrow?

CIRCE.

IN the School of Coquettes
Madam Rose is a scholar: --
O, they fish with all nets
In the School of Coquettes!
When her brooch she forgets
'Tis to show her new collar;
In the School of Coquettes
Madam Rose is a scholar!

A TEAR.

THERE'S a tear in her eye, --
Such a clear little jewel!
What can make her cry?
There's a tear in her eye.
'Puck has killed a big fly, --
And it's horribly cruel';
There's a tear in her eye, --
Such a clear little jewel!

A GREEK GIFT.

HERE'S a present for Rose,
How pleased she is looking!
Is it verse? -- is it prose?
Here's a present for Rose!
'Plats,' 'Entrees,' and 'Rots,' --
Why, it's 'Gouffe on Cooking.'
Here's a present for Rose,
How pleased she is looking!

'URCEUS EXIT.'

I INTENDED an Ode,
And it turned to a Sonnet.
It began a la mode,
I intended an Ode;
But Rose crossed the road
In her latest new bonnet;
I intended an Ode;
And it turned to a Sonnet.



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