The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1020, July 15, 1899

Vol. XX.—No. 1020.]
JULY 15, 1899.
By FREDERICK LANGBRIDGE.
She was like the hawthorn snow—
Like a furry kitten—
Like a cherry’s melting glow
Ere a beak hath bitten.
She was laugh and rosy pout,
Beam and dew together;
Green was all the vale about—
It was April weather.