The water ripples softly ’neath the wheel that works the mill;

Then over all comes darkness, and the landscape fades from sight,

And tired Nature sinks to rest within the silent night.


SHE GAVE ME TWO.

In childhood days I met a little Miss,

Whose pouting lips were luscious as the dew.

I begged that she would give me just one kiss—

She gave me two.