 So we were engaged. Our troth had been plighted, Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-fixtures, we whispered our love. Without any romance, or raptures, or sighs, Without any...  Poems - Page 71by William Allen Butler - 1871 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...they understand, The more they admire his sleight of hand. WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER. " aoTHixa TO WEAit.n NOTHING TO WEAR! Now, as this is a true ditty, I do...by way of putting me quite at my ease, " You know I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now, stop, don't you speak — And you... | |
 | William Allen Butler - 1857 - 70 pages
...It was one of the quietest business transactions, With a very small sprinkling of sentiment, if any, On her virginal lips while I printed a kiss, She exclaimed,...by way of putting me quite at my ease, "You know, I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | William Allen Butler - Clothing and dress - 1857 - 80 pages
...any, And a very large diamond imported by Tiffany. 4 * On her virginal lips while I printed a kiss, t She exclaimed, as a sort of parenthesis, And by way of putting me quite at my ease, " You know, I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...troth Lad been plighted, Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But iu a front parlour, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-fixtures...by way of putting me quite at my ease, "You know, I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | English literature - 1858 - 784 pages
...whispered pur lov.e. Without any romance, or raptures, or sighs, Without any tears in Miss flora's Mue eyes, Or blushes or transports, or such silly actions...by way of putting me quite at my ease, ' You know I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1858 - 546 pages
...Or blushes, or transports, or such silly actions, It was one of the qmetest business transactions. On her virginal lips while I printed a kiss, She exclaimed,...by way of putting me quite at my ease, " You know, I'm to polka ns much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | William Allen Butler - American poetry - 1862 - 76 pages
...sprinkling of sentiment, if any, And a very large diamond imported by Tiffany. Nothing to Wear. 23 On her virginal lips while I printed a kiss, She exclaimed,...by way of putting me quite at my ease, " You know, I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | Smith H. Platt - History - 1867 - 172 pages
..."So we were engaged. Our troth had been plighted, Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove J But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath...by way of putting me quite at my ease, 'You know, I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now, stop, don't you speak — And you... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...very large diamond imported by Tiffany. On her virginal lips while I printed a kiss. She exclaim'd, as a sort of parenthesis, And by way of putting me quite at my ease, ' You know, I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...Of those fossil remains which she called her " affections," And that rather decayed, but well known work of art, Which Miss Flora persisted in styling...by way of putting me quite at my ease, " You know I'm to polka as much as I please, And flirt when I like — now stop, don't you speak — And you must... | |
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