Two Triolets
I — What He Said
This kiss upon your fan I press,
Ah! Saint Nitouche, you don’t refuse it,
And may it from its soft recess,
This kiss upon your fan I press
Be blown to you a shy caress
By this white down whene’er you use it;
This kiss upon your fan I press,
Ah! Saint Nitouche, you don’t refuse it.
II — What She Thought
To kiss a fan!
What a poky poet!
The stupid man
To kiss a fan,
When he knows that—he—can,
Or ought to know it.
To kiss a fan!
What a poky poet!
Harrison Robertson.