And he kissed her sweet lips. Don’t you think he was right?
“Now, Rory, leave off, sir—you’ll hug me no more—
There’s eight times to-day that you’ve kissed me before.”
“Then here goes another,” says he, “to make sure.
For there’s luck in odd numbers,” says Rory O’More.
Samuel Lover.
LANTY LEARY
Lanty was in love, you see,
With lovely, lively Rosie Carey;
But her father can’t agree