Lies lost with its love-litten lay:

’Twas something on ‘green in a grotto,’

And ‘sad seas were sweeter than spray.’”

O theme for the scorn of the scoffer,

I hear my own verses again,

And she ogles me well as I offer

My Lady—Champagne.

The Blooming Damozel.

By D.G.R.

The blooming damozel leaned o’er