Alas, that blessing has been stayed!

Ill-luck has come, in spite of all—

Then take from God what may befall.”

THE SONG OF THE VISITS

I liked a girl too much, too much.

She asked me to come and see her sometime.

So I went to see her upon a Monday—

I did not find my girl at home.

She was in the garden weeding barwēnok.

“Ah ha!” I thought, “she is not at home,