Friday, April 3, 2015

Under A Bushel



Fair as autumnal tints her cheeks,
     And nuttish brown her tresses;
And lily pure the throat that curves
     Above her filmy dresses.

But Ah! her eyes I cannot search,
     To know what in them asses;
O, no, she doesn’t drop them so,
     She merely wears smoked glasses.



April 3, 1894
Pub. in Boston
Courier, Aug. 12,

        1894 

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