LINES BY A LOVER.

Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1023, 30 April 1873, Page 3

LINES BY A LOVER.

(From Fund.) ■~ . „ Would you then know my Oelia 3 charms ? She carries pug-dogs in .her arms : E'er dresses in the newest taste, By lacing tight deforms her waist, ■ Bears on her head a brigand's hat, Gay feathers flaunting'high on tnat : Her hair is only half her own, The other half elsewhere has ..grown :. ~. ~,, Her checks a dab of rogue reveal, Her boots three inches high of neel: .^ Her ringers are bedecked with rings ~,.,, As paltry as the songs she sings • Her talk is slang, she votes men slow Unless a thing or two they know:. She loves champagne, detests cold mutton, Knows barely how to fix a button : > f Will wager gloves in racing bets, But, having lost, to pay forgets : ■ - In dancing she can twist rind twirl As deftly as a ballet : girl, . Yet ne'er has learned with gtace to walk But struts with an audacious stalk. She treats her servant like a slave ; _ She spends, but ne'er has learned to save : Loves shopping,'l bonnets, and bazaars : Can skate, ride, row, and smoke cigars : Eeads trashy novels by the score, But votes all better books a bore : Will flirt with whomsoe'er can— O, am not I a happy man !' ' •