A CERTAIN" YOUNG WIDOW.
She is modest, but not bashful; Free and easy, but not bold; Like an apple, ripe and mellow, Not too young, yet not too old. Half inviting, half repulsive, Now advancing, and now shy. There is mischief in her dimple, There is danger in her eye. She has studied human nature, She is schooled in all its arts ; She has taken her diploma As the mistress of all hearts. She can tell the very moment When to sigh and when to smile; Oh, a maid is sometimes charming, But a widow all the while. Are you sad ? How very serious Will her handsome face become. Are you angry ? She is wretched, Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb. Are you mirthful ? How her laughter, Silver-sounding, will ring out. She can luxe, and catch, and play you, As an angler does a trout. Te old bachelors of forty Who have grown so sage and wise: Young Trffluvians of twenty, With, the love-look in your eyes; You may practice all the lessons Taught by Cupid since the fall, But 1 know a little widow Who could win and fool you all.
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Observer, Volume 1, Issue 7, 30 October 1880, Page 53
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190A CERTAIN" YOUNG WIDOW. Observer, Volume 1, Issue 7, 30 October 1880, Page 53
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