Green Bays. Verses and Parodies by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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Kidney beans, broad beans, onions, tomatoes,
Artichokes, seakale, vegetable marrows, Early potatoes. Lady Jane cared not very much for all these: What she cared much for was a glimpse o' Willum Strippin' his brown arms wi' a view to horti- -Cultural effort. Little guessed Willum, never extra-vain, that Up the green hill-side, i' the gloomy castle, Feminine eyes could so delight to view his Noble proportions. Only one day while, in an innocent mood, Moppin' his brow ('cos 'twas a trifle sweaty) With a blue kerchief--lo, he spies a white 'un Coyly responding. Oh, delightsome Love! Not a jot do _you_ care For the restrictions set on human inter- -course by cold-blooded social refiners; Nor do I, neither. Day by day, peepin' fro' behind the bean-sticks, Willum observed that scrap o' white a-wavin', Till his hot sighs out-growin' all repression Busted his weskit. Lady Jane's guardian was a haughty Peer, who |
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