Wedding Song
[Polonaise.]
Three suitors were with me to-day;
They proffered love and treasure.
The lordly one gave pleasant words,
And many ells of ribbon;
The second, plain of face and form,
He counted coin and jewels;
The third presented roses three,
And coupled them with kisses.
The first I fancied, and would greet
Him warmly, as a brother;
The second, gladly him I’d choose
To be my nearest neighbor;
But, oh, the third, of rosy gifts,
Who stifled me with kisses,—
I’d give to him these longing eyes,
And all that life possesses.