a six months’ bride

Who was won and wed in the State of Maine by

the side of the bounding tide.

And ah, alack, she was writing back that she

longed for Portland, Maine,

Till oh, her feelings had been that wrenched she

could hardly stand the strain!

Though her hubby dear was still sincere, she

sighed the livelong day

For a good old sniff of the sewers and salt from