A STAMMERING LOVER.
When Captain Stammers came to woo, His tongue began to falter. He asked me to become his Ju— His Julia at the altar. % . ; "••■; And then to make .the matter worse,. He ended his confession, By asking- if I'd mind a curs— A cursory digression, Because some people thought a stam— A stammer imperfection.. Should I consider it a dam— A damaging 1 objection ? . He thought that while proposing now» 'Twas proper to reveal it. ' Because he'd look so like a cow— ' - A coward to conceal it. A plain gold ring he longed to buy, If I would not abjure it; He only hoped that I might di— Direct him to procure it. If I'd be his, the best of men To be he would endeavour, And he'd consider me his ben— His benefactress ever ! And then he said—and heaved a sigh, As if in deep dejection— He feared he could not hit my i— Ideal of perfection. And then he knelt upon the grass Once more his suit pursuing, So then I owned I was an ass— Assentient to his wooing! —Fun.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1887, 20 January 1875, Page 3
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185A STAMMERING LOVER. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1887, 20 January 1875, Page 3
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