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SOUR GRAPES, by                    
First Line: I never cared the least for lou
Last Line: Are very trying.
Subject(s): Charm; Flirtation; Love - Age Differences; Youth


I never cared the least for Lou,
Of course; and yet I listened to
Her girlish chatter
With pleasure that suggested quite
A charming quest for one who might
Take up the matter.

I will admit I saw the child
And kissed her hand—whereat she smiled—
Well, almost daily;
But Lou was passing sweet and young,
And then, you know, she laughed and sung,
Ah me! so gayly!

I kissed her hand, and more, perhaps;
But just to pique the younger chaps
Who were so plenty.
Well—I am one-and-forty now,
While Lou—dear me, I must allow
She 's won, and twenty!

That gawky son of Banker Rich
Has gained the dimpled prize for which
The town was sighing.
And I—I have the cards she sent.
A woman's modes of punishment
Are very trying.





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