Dollie

by Samuel Minturn Peck English

She sports a witching gown, With a ruffle up and down           On the skirt; She is gentle, she is shy, But there ’s mischief in her eye,—           She ’s a flirt! She displays a tiny glove, And a dainty little love           Of a shoe; And she wears her hat a-tilt Over bangs that never wilt           In the dew. ’T is rumored chocolate creams Are the fabrics of her dreams—           But enough! I know beyond a doubt That she carries them about           In her muff. With her dimples and her curls She exasperates the girls           Past belief: They hint that she ’s a cat, And delightful things like that,           In their grief. It is shocking, I declare! But what does Dollie care           When the beaux Come flocking to her feet Like the bees around a sweet           Little rose!

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