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I watched her at her spinning; And this was my beginning Of wooing and of winning. But when a maid opposes, And throws away your roses, You say the case forecloses. Yet sorry wit one uses, Who loves and thinks he loses Because a maid refuses. For by her once denying She only means complying Upon a second trying. [pg 322] When first I said, in pleading, "Behold, my love lies bleeding!" She heard me half unheeding. When afterward I told her, And blamed her growing colder,— She dropped upon my shoulder. Had I a doubt? That quelled it: Her very look dispelled it, I caught her hand, and held it. Along the lane I led her, And while her cheeks grew redder, I sued outright to wed her. Good end from bad beginning! My wooing came to winning,— And still I watch her spinning.