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Article A SAD CHAPTER OF FRENCH HISTORY. ← Page 3 of 3 Article MY COUSIN. Page 1 of 2 →
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A Sad Chapter Of French History.
Rather let us all be buried in Avicker , and not lead : or , better still , let us be quickly resolved into fine and odourless ashes in the fashion Avhich Sir Henry Thompson has striven so hard to make popidar ; and , above all , let us thank land Providence that we ate never likely to be Kings or Queens of France , and possibly have to undergo the treatment that that most agreeable , but too excitable , nation dealt to its former rulers , their wives , and little ones , so long after they all had ceased from troubling .
My Cousin.
MY COUSIN .
BX i . A . JOOTSTOM :. I WAS only her playmate , her cousin , She an heiress of Castle and Grange : She had lovers , —I daresay a dozen ,
And nobody thought it was strange ; On all sides she was worshipped and feted , Like a queen , where she happened to go : Strange enough , she was free and unmated ,-I Avas only her cousin , you know .
'Twas last month , we were both at the Hollies , Sweet and short seemed that gay Aveek to me ; It was Christmas ; among its sweet follies , Who so gay and light-hearted as she ? On her bidding I still Avaited zealous , Her lovers were pleased it Avas so , — " Poor felloAV ! " they said ; " who'd be jealous ? He is only her cousin , you know . "
So besides one or tAvo of those glances With Avhich women turn a man ' s head , She vouchsafed me the half of her danees ,-"It is odd that you suit me , " she said : Next , she drove all the women distracted , Acting Juliet to my Romeo ; It was . scarcely a part that I acted , Although only her cousin , you know .
The night came , when the year lay a-dying , And we danced his last moments aAvay , Far too quickly the SAvift time was flying , And I sailed for Gibraltar next day ; Far too soon the last gallop Ave ended , 'Neath a branch of the bright misletoe , — Then she pouted , in anger pretended , "But you ' re only a cousin , you know . "
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A Sad Chapter Of French History.
Rather let us all be buried in Avicker , and not lead : or , better still , let us be quickly resolved into fine and odourless ashes in the fashion Avhich Sir Henry Thompson has striven so hard to make popidar ; and , above all , let us thank land Providence that we ate never likely to be Kings or Queens of France , and possibly have to undergo the treatment that that most agreeable , but too excitable , nation dealt to its former rulers , their wives , and little ones , so long after they all had ceased from troubling .
My Cousin.
MY COUSIN .
BX i . A . JOOTSTOM :. I WAS only her playmate , her cousin , She an heiress of Castle and Grange : She had lovers , —I daresay a dozen ,
And nobody thought it was strange ; On all sides she was worshipped and feted , Like a queen , where she happened to go : Strange enough , she was free and unmated ,-I Avas only her cousin , you know .
'Twas last month , we were both at the Hollies , Sweet and short seemed that gay Aveek to me ; It was Christmas ; among its sweet follies , Who so gay and light-hearted as she ? On her bidding I still Avaited zealous , Her lovers were pleased it Avas so , — " Poor felloAV ! " they said ; " who'd be jealous ? He is only her cousin , you know . "
So besides one or tAvo of those glances With Avhich women turn a man ' s head , She vouchsafed me the half of her danees ,-"It is odd that you suit me , " she said : Next , she drove all the women distracted , Acting Juliet to my Romeo ; It was . scarcely a part that I acted , Although only her cousin , you know .
The night came , when the year lay a-dying , And we danced his last moments aAvay , Far too quickly the SAvift time was flying , And I sailed for Gibraltar next day ; Far too soon the last gallop Ave ended , 'Neath a branch of the bright misletoe , — Then she pouted , in anger pretended , "But you ' re only a cousin , you know . "