ON MY REFUSING ANGELINA A KISS UNDER THE MISTLETOE.

Nay, fond one, shun that mistletoe,

Nor lure me ’neath its fatal bough:

Some other night ’twere joy to go,

But ah! I must not, dare not, now!

’Tis sad, I own, to see thy face

Thus tempt me with its giggling glee,

And feel I cannot now embrace

The opportunity—and thee.

’Tis sad to think that jealousy’s