To get even, concluded he’d sing for a bit.

THE SONG OF THE WITLING

She pouts, but yesterday she smiled,

And since that moment I have whiled

Away the hours with hope and doubt

And see the lips that smile and pout.

So high at times she holds her head,

I feel a certain awe or dread,

But when she smiles, I know not why,

Her head seems never held so high.