Which I couldn’t exactly make out the sense of,
For I know that her sentences “failed to connect;”
And I suppose that her chattering teeth bit the ends off;
But ’twas very conclusive, whatever she said.
He never disputed her; never said nay,
But only hung down his discomfited head;
And whatever he thought, he had Nothing to Say.
Chilled to the heart with the terrible cold,
Both to get back were most truly-solicitous,