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beau Blow bright eyes chile colleen cried Dasso dear deem deep DEUX AMANTS doan dost doth drink dudheen dyah e'en EMPRESS OF ROME eyes f'um face fain fair flower of peace folks gittin Go lightly GUNHILDA gwine Gyda of Valldres hath heah heart howdy I'se inch-wum jine king kissed my hand knew kotch ladiz lady laugh Leevy LES DEUX AMANTS li'l li'l gal ligion lips look looking-glass love's mighty Miss Jinny Moon-flower ne'er neath never Nigger night o'er Pepperell perchance pooties poutin Prue putt QUAKERESS RUTH René Chastaine roun sing smile soft song soul stay sweet flower tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt thought useter voice warm whar Whin Whur whut woman word young youth youth right
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Page 171 - Sweetes' li'l honey in all dis Ian', Come erlong yer an' gimme yo' han', Go lightly, gal, go lightly! Cawn all shucked an' de barn flo' clear, Come erlong, come erlong, come erlong, my dear, Go lightly, gal, go lightly! Fiddles dey callin' us high an' fine, "Time fer de darnsin', come an' jine," Go lightly, gal, go lightly! My pooty li'l honey, but you is sweet! An' hit's clap yo' han's an' shake yo' feet, Go lightly, gal, go lightly!
Page 47 - ... face, It took the youth scant time to tell Of his swift passion for la belle, To pray her father for the right To woo and win her if he might. The Quaker, dazed, and all unused To such bold wooing, half amused, Made answer, with a twinkling eye Which gave his sober face the lie,
Page 45 - As through the village swift lie rode ; For why should he pause or linger there, A cavalier so debonair ? Yet mark what tricks dame Fate can play, For she decreed that from that day The quiet place should seem to him The central spot upon earth's rim. From her open window Quakeress Ruth, Fair with the beauty of early youth, Leaned...
Page 172 - Go lightly, gal, go lightly! Oh, hit's tu'n an' twis' all roun' de flo', Fling out yo' feet behime, befo', Go lightly, gal, go lightly! Gre't Lan' o' Goshen! but you is spry! Kain't none er de urr gals spring so high, Go lightly, gal, go lightly! Oh, roll yo' eyes an' wag yo' haid An' shake yo' bones twel you nigh most daid, Go lightly, gal, go lightly! Doan' talk ter me 'bout gittin' yo' bref, Gwine darnse dis out ef hit cause my def!
Page 46 - twere hard to say, The rose or the maid, that bright June day. Her friend stood smiling by her there, Two Quaker lassies in whose air Sweet girlish gayety half hid The folds of their prim garb amid ; And the little lapse 'twixt mien and dress Lent a subtle charm, I more than guess. The friend of Ruth looked out below And saw the gallant Mathiot. "Look, Ruth," she cried, "and thou shalt see One fit to be a mate for thee ! Yea, he who down the street doth ride Shall one day claim thee for his bride.
Page 49 - And he remained through most his days Wed to the Quaker faith and ways. Is there a moral to the tale? Assuredly, one cannot fail To read between the lines that she Who laughs may win the future he, For we shall never know the half That has been done by woman's laugh, 'Tis far more potent than your tears, Be very sure of that, my dears.
Page 45 - The quiet place should seem to him The central spot upon earth's rim. From her open window Quakeress Ruth, Fair with the beauty of early youth, Leaned forth to pluck the rose that grew Until it near her casement drew, And which was the fairer 'twere hard to say, The rose or the maid that bright June day. Her friend stood smiling by her there, Two Quaker lasses in whose air 46 QUAKERESS RUTH.
Page 48 - And he remained through all his days Wed to the Quaker faith and ways. Is there a moral to the tale ? Assuredly. One cannot fail To read between the lines that she Who laughs may win the future he, For we shall never know the half That has been done by woman's laugh. 'Tis far more...
Page 124 - HE stole just one kiss, Ah ! why did he do it ! I own it was bliss. Why then do I rue it He stole just one kiss ? The reason is this, — I fancied you knew it, — • He stole just one kiss ! 124 LOVER AND HUSBAND.
Page 48 - And for thy language, be it known, 'Tis as the 'tu toi' of mine own. No need to change my form of speech, And for thy faith, Friend Ruth shall teach Me that, if I may, on my part, Teach her to read and know my heart, And one day in her heart instill Reflex of that mine own doth fill.