And there, drenched with the teary dews,
I'd woo her with such wondrous art
As well might stanch the songs that ooze
Out of the mockbird's breaking heart;
So light, so tender, and so sweet
Should be the words I would repeat,
Her casement, on my gradual sight,
Would blossom as a lily might._
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CONTENTS
BLOOMS OF MAY 185
DISCOURAGING MODEL, A 132
"DREAM" 41
FARMER WHIFFLE--BACHELOR 161
HAS SHE FORGOTTEN? 183
HE AND I 79
HE CALLED HER IN 45
HER BEAUTIFUL EYES 56
HER FACE AND BROW 55
HER HAIR 129
HER WAITING FACE 67
HOME AT NIGHT 122
HOW IT HAPPENED 93
IKE WALTON'S PRAYER 107
ILLILEO 113
JUDITH 75
LAST NIGHT AND THIS 130
LEONAINIE 63
LET US FORGET 60
LOST PATH, THE 83
MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE 87
MY MARY 117
NOTHIN' TO SAY 103
OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG, A' 26
OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE, AN 17
OLD YEAR AND THE NEW, THE 68
OUT-WORN SAPPHO, AN 32
PASSING OF A HEART, THE 39
RIVAL, THE 137
ROSE, THE 177
SERMON OF THE ROSE, THE 189
SUSPENSE 136
THEIR SWEET SORROW 72
TO HEAR HER SING 149
TOM VAN ARDEN 138
TOUCHES OF HER HANDS, THE 159
VARIATION, A 151
VERY YOUTHFUL AFFAIR, A 31
WHEN AGE COMES ON 180
WHEN LIDE MARRIED _HIM_ 125
WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE 98
WHEN SHE COMES HOME 59
WHERE SHALL WE LAND? 156
WIFE-BLESSED, THE 115
RILEY LOVE-LYRICS
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AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE
As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone,
And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known,
So I turn the leaves of fancy till, in shadowy design,
I find the smiling features of an old sweetheart of mine.
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