Under the Wattle
"Why should not Wattle do
For Mistletoe?
Ask'd one—they were but two—
Where wattles grow.
He was her lover, too,
Who urged her so—
"Why should not Wattle do
For Mistletoe?"
A rose-cheek rosier grew;
Rose-lips breathed low—
"Since it is here—and You—
I hardly know
Why Wattle should not do."
—Douglas Brook Wheelton Sladen