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A SKEIN OF ZEPHYR; RONDEAU by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IN A QUAINT QUEEN ANNE CHAIR
Last Line: "SO I WARN YOU, YOUTHS, BEWARE / A SKEIN OF ZEPHYR!"
Subject(s): FLIRTATION;
IN a quaint Queen Anne chair,
Dressed in silk and laces rare,
AEsthetic from her eyes of blue
Down to her high-heeled buckled shoe,
A maiden sat, oh, wondrous fair!

A youth sat idly in the glare
Of a lamp of antique ware,
Holding, as many others do,
A skein of zephyr.

She with a graceful, languid air
Wound the zephyr ball with care,
And as the soft ball larger grew,
Into her toils his heart she drew;
So I warn you, youths, beware
A skein of zephyr!



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