Part 21 (1/2)

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II

She ht could be, And she asked for the Professor of the new philosophie; He met her with a smile And said, ”Pray rest awhile, And come into my parlor and take a cup of tea

We will talk of theentle zephyrs; Of the circle round the e men are quite and very htway in invite

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III

But the lady she was modest, And she said, ”You et a bit of news

There's a problem of life's problems That often puzzles -day will be”

IV

Quick by the hand he seized her, He of the philosophie, And his answer greatly pleased her When they had taken tea: ”'Twill be,lady, When you are _twenty-three_!”

V

At her , filled with flowers, Then she waited happy hours, Scanned the byways and the highways To see what she could see

If the postreatly fret her,-- Fret her so her hten, If a dun it proved to be

If it came not from a lover, Sadly she her face would cover, Hide her face and say in sorrow, ”Truly _he_ will come to-morrow, For he knew, that man of science, And I'm _almost_ twenty-three”

VI

He deceived her, he deceived her, Oh, that too kind man deceived her,-- He of compasses and lenses, He of new-found influences, He of the philosophie

Oh the chatterer, oh the flatterer, Oh the ss clear should be!

Had he taken the old aluide to worldly wisdo-- So added the extractor-- Wrong in his chronologie, In his learned chronologie

MORAL

There are few things, one, two, three, In the earth, the air, and sea, That the school to catch a beau, And a few like occultations, In a few things here below, Men of wisdom do not know; And to theo

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CHAPTER IX

FIFTH MEETING FOR RHINE STORIES