A kiss then I gave her, and ere I did leave her,

She vowed for such pleasure she’d break it again.

’Twas hay-making season—I can’t tell the reason—

Misfortunes will never come single, ’tis plain;

For very soon after poor Kitty’s disaster

The devil a pitcher was whole in Coleraine.

Anonymous.

“I SAT DOWN BESIDE HER, AND GENTLY DID CHIDE HER.”

GIVING CREDIT.