Near Nature's Heart; A Volume of Verse

by Crawford Jackson

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MY TRIOLET

Because you like a triolet,

And joy of youth and love and life,

Ah sure, the child you’ll not forget

Because you like a triolet.

Then soon, ah soon, your wits you’ll whet,

And do your best to get a wife,

Because you like a triolet,

And joy of youth and love and life.