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TRANSITION by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON

First Line: WITH GIRLISH DRESS / AND FOND CARESS
Last Line: "ARE THE ONLY MEN IN THE WORLD FOR ME."
Subject(s): FIDELITY; LOVE; FAITHFULNESS; CONSTANCY;
With girlish dress
And fond caress
She sat upon her father's knee,
And whispered oft
In accent soft,
"You're the only man in the world for me."

Two twelvemonths passed—
He hastened fast
To meet his little girl once more,
But breathed a sigh
And wiped his eye
To find a woman at the door.

But on his knee
As tenderly
As e'er of old she made her plea,
And whispered sweet,
"Just you—and—Pete
Are the only men in the world for me."



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