The lying lines between,

Of blokes who bruise with hob-nailed feet

Love’s field of evergreen—

The car wherein your goddess drives

May be Aspasia’s car!”

I hit him solid, fair and square,

And left the wastrel lying there—

That bloke from Mullingar.

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ONLY A KISS.

“I shan’t,” cried the maiden, “I shan’t!”