THE WAY OF WOOING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 33, 2 November 1907, Page 11

THE WAY OF WOOING.

Pretty enough for a Prince's brido, j .-'.let nobody came to claim her. She sat like a beautiful picture there, ■.With -pretty, bluebells | and^roses fair, . ' v'l b'AnH'jaaimine—:leaVes;.to'frame..her..i >■ 'And-why she sat there nobody knows; But this she sang.as she plucked a rose, • v ;The leaves around her strewing: ..."I'te tirheto lose and power to, choose;, , ; 'Tis','npt : so f rnuch' .the 'gallant ivljo woos -' ; ■ ! ' : ":. .But the : 'gallant's way. of.wooing I" ' x.'A:lover, came;riding by awhile, .■ ■;■■-■- . A wealthy,.loyejr, was ho, ..whose smile '~..''. Sonie maicls wmild'.valudgrcatly— , A formal lover .who bowed and bent ' With many,|a:,j)i^)j r flow|j I cpranliinent,. ;. ■ ■ And,'cold;'.'demeiho^ stately'. .'■.... ' . . "You'Vd still"/ t .siid suitor stern, "The ■prentic'e-wbrk'' of -your'craft to learn, ■ ;If thus, ypii/ come, a-cooing. •.';■.•,•' ; • I!ve'itime,tq;lbsejand;pp.wer ,to:choose;' ' 'Tis not so much the. gallant who woos, , ?-uAs'th'eVgallant's way-of-wooing!"- • . • > ' ' 'A'-. second lover came- ambling by—. . -. ■ 'A'tiniidiad;with a;brightened eye ' colour mantling highly;'-'. He muttered the errand on which he'd ' Then only chuckled and bit his tongue, " • And. simperedj simpered, shyly. , : / "No;": said" the maiden,."go your way.; j.; "You'dare but think, what,a.man would say, . Yet dare to come a-suing! I've .time: to lose, and.power to : choose; ' j'.'.Tis hot. so much tho gallant who woos, J'As the gallant's way of wooing)"A. third ,rodo up at a startling A suitor poor, with a homely face—■ ■ No" doubts-appeared to'bind'him. ■He kissed her. lips, and he pressed her waist, And off he rode with the'maiden placed- ■ y, . On a pillion safe bahjnd him. And|she .heard tho ;suitor.bold confide This golden hint to the priest who tied ..The.knpt there's no undoing: , ".With pretty young maidens who can choose; 'Tis Jipt. ; so much the gallant who-woos, ;As thei gallant's ;way off, wooing I" , '■ : -V>'W\ .:, v.: ; :_ W /s; GILBERT.