Under the Rose
He (Aside)
If I should steal a little kiss,
Oh, would she weep, I wonder?
I tremble at the thought of bliss,-
If I should steal a little kiss!
Such pouting lips would never miss
The dainty bit of plunder;
If I should steal a little kiss,
Oh, would she weep, I wonder?
She (Aside)
He longs to steal a kiss of mine—
He may, if he’ll return it:
If I can read the tender sign,
He longs to steal a kiss of mine;
“In love and war”—you know the line
Why cannot he discern it?
He longs to steal a kiss of mine—
He may if he’ll return it.
Both (Five Minutes Later)
A little kiss when no one sees,
Where is the impropriety?
How sweet amid the birds and bees
A little kiss when no one sees!
Nor is it wrong, the world agrees,
If taken with sobriety.
A little kiss when no one sees,
Where is the impropriety?
Samuel Minturn Peck.
Warm from the wall she chose a peach,
She took the wasps for councillors;
She said, “Such little things can teach;”
Warm from the wall she chose a peach;
She waved the fruit within my reach,
Then passed it to a friend of hers:—
Warm from the wall she chose a peach,
She took the wasps for councillors.
Emily Pfeiffer.