“And it told to her the truth.”
“Not very, very plain.”
II.
She made her way to college just as straight as straight could be,
And she asked for the Professor of the new philosophie;
He met her with a smile
And said, “Pray rest awhile,
And come into my parlor and take a cup of tea.
We will talk of themes celestial,—
Of the flowery nights in June
When blow the gentle zephyrs;
Of the circle round the moon;
Of the causes of the causes.”
These college men are quite and very much polite,
And when you call upon them they you straightway in invite.
“They you straightway in invite.”