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A YULETIDE TALE, by                    
First Line: Twas on a merry yuletide night
Last Line: And put it - in her hair
Subject(s): Youth


'T WAS on a merry Yuletide night
An artless youth and maid
Watched, while beneath the mistletoe
Their gay companions played;
And he looked quite disgusted,
And she looked half afraid.

"Such conduct," said the artless youth,
"Most shocking seems to me!"
"But 'neath the mistletoe, perhaps,
'T is different," murmured she.
The artless youth he smiled a smile;
"Pray look at this," quoth he.

It was a sprig of mistletoe,
With tiny leaves of green;
Up rose that artless maiden,
All with a solemn mien,
And stealthily she led the youth
Forth from the shocking scene.

All silently she led him forth
(That artless maiden fair)
To the dim conservatory,
'Mid the palms and orchids rare;
Then took that sprig of misletoe
And put it — in her hair.





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