VIRGINITY AND ITS TRADITIONS.

Chloe! Like a fawn she flees,

Trembling, timid mother-seeking,

Far among the trackless hills;

Starting back from bush and breeze,

When the new-born spring is speaking

To green leaves in little trills.

Oh, how shake her heart, her knees!

Run! A lizard sets a-creaking

That big bush! I bring no ills;