lest by her eyes.
'T is opened--ahem, ah!
A letter from Emma.

A letter for me,
From my sweet little bird.
Eight pages, by Jove!
And I can't read a word.
A precious dilemma,
This letter from Emma!

A Choice not Necessary.

Here is a rose,
Here is a kiss;
Which do you choose?
One rhymes with prose;
One rhymes with bliss.
Ah, you amuse.

You hesitate,
You blush, you sigh.
What! are you loath?
'Tis getting late;
Be quick--
Fool, take them both!

That Boston Girl.

Her voice is sweet,
Her style is neat;
She'd move the world with but a pen.
Her mind is clear;
Her sight, though near,
Is long enough to capture men.
What matters it her learning, then?

The Hero.

He looked so handsome, proud, and brave,
As he stood there, straight and tall,
With his steadfast eyes, so gray, so grave,
The beau of the Hunt Club ball.

Ah me, full many a white breast sighed
For the favor of his hand,--
For the love of a heart so true, so tried,
For life, you understand.

He looked a hero; he was more,
A martyr, too, perchance;
For he went to the oldest girl on the floor,
And led her out to dance.

The Sweet Summer Girl.

She has hair that is fluffy, straight, banged, or half curled;
Has a parasol, oft by her deft fingers twirled.
She has eyes either brown or black, gray or true blue;
Has a neat fitting glove and a still neater shoe.

She has cheeks that make bitter the envious rose;
She has trunks upon trunks of the costliest clothes;
She has jewels that shine as the stars do at night;
And she dances as Ariel dances--or might.

She knows nothing much, but she's great on the smile;
Her profession is love, and she flirts all the while;
She's accustomed to sitting on rocks in the glen;
She is also accustomed to sitting on men.

Her Fan.

A dainty thing of silk and lace,
Of feathers, and of paint,
Held often to her laughing face
When I assume the saint.

Too dainty far to mix with these
Old pipes, cigars, and books
Of bachelordom,--rare life of ease,--
Rare friends, rare wines, rare cooks.

'Twill smell of stale tobacco smoke
Ere many days I fear,
And hear full many a