A DISAPPOINTMENT
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"I prithee, tell me wh're you live? Oh Maid, so sweet and rare!" She "I am ye miller's daughter, sir, And live just over th're" He "Of all ye Maids I ever saw, You are beyond compare." She "Oh; Thank you, sir! Oh; thank you, sir! Your words are very fair." He "So I w'ld ask you something, now; If I might only dare." She "Now, you may ask me wh't you please, For anything I care." He "Then will you marry me? For we. W'ld make a goodly pair." She "I thank you sir; your offer, it Is most extremely rare. But as I am already wed, You'r late, sir, for ye Fair." At th's ye Bachelor walked away, And talked to himself of th' Lass so gay— "Her hair is very decidedly red; And her eyes have somewhat of a cast in her head; And her feet are large, and her hands are coarse; And, without I'm mistaken, her voice is hoarse. 'Tis a bargain of wh'ch I am very well rid; I am glad, on ye whole, I escaped as I did." Howard Pyle
