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LAZY LAYS
LIZZIE

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PAINTED BY LESLIE

O, WHO can paint the picture of my pet?

As 'mid the grey-green hay she childlike kneels,

Who shows a dainty slipper, then conceals

'Neath tangled grass its celadon rosette.

A soft white robe, a broidered chemisette

Scarce veils her rounded bosom, as it steals

A subtle charm it only half reveals —

As sweet and modest as the violet!


A gipsy hat casts shadows, pearly grey,

Across the golden sunshine of her smile.

Her glance e'en cynics dare not disobey,

Her dimples even iron hearts beguile —

A dainty despot on a throne of hay,

Who conquers all by magic girlish wile!


The Lazy Minstrel

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