(Suggested by a letter from Minnie, saying that she prayed daily that the “Minnie” balls might spare me.)
“There is a Minnie that I love,
And a “Minnie” that I fear,
But the former is now absent,
And the latter oft too near.
But the Minnie prays for me each day
That to “Minnie” I’ll not fall a prey.
“The voice of one is soft and sweet
The other harsh and shrill—
One only speaks to bless mankind