Chapter 84 - Villanelle 7 (2/2)

And a life,-how it grows!

You were scarcely so shy

When I saw you last, Rose!

In your bosom it shows

There's a guest on the sly;

How fast the time goes!

Is it Cupid? Who knows!

Yet you used not to sigh,

When I saw you last, Rose;-

How fast the time goes!