So long as I have yesterday,
Go take your damned tomorrow!
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The ladies men admire, I’ve heard,
Their candle gives a single light;They’d rather stay at home at night.They do not keep awake till three,Nor read erotic poetry.They never sanction the impure,Nor recognize an overture.They shrink from powders and from paints …So far, I’ve had no complaints.
I think, no matter where you stray,
Though you may wander sweeter lands,You will not soon forget my hands,Nor yet the way I held my head,Nor all the tremulous things I said.You still will see me, small and whiteAnd smiling, in the secret night,And feel my arms about you whenThe day comes fluttering back again.I think, no matter where you be,You’ll hold…
‘And if he’s gone away,’ said she,
I’m not a one to lie awakeAnd weep for anybody’s sake.There’s better lads than him about!I’ll wear my buckled slippers outA-dancing till the break of day.I’m better off with him away!And if he never come,’ said she,‘Now what on earth is that to me?I wouldn’t have him back!’I hopeHer mother washed her mouth with soap.
Although I work, and seldom cease,
Alas, I cannot make me careFor Dumas fils and Dumas pere.
He will love you presently
Send your heart a-skittering.He will stoop, and lift the thing.Be your dreams as thread, to teaseInto patterns he shall please.Let him see your passion isEver tenderer than his….Go and bless your star above,Thus are you, and thus is Love.He will leave you white with woe,If you go the way you go.If your dreams were thread…
Helen of Troy had a wandering glance;
Ninon was ever the chatter of France;But oh, what a good girl am I!