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"Well, cousin," at once I began
In the ear of the eager Lisette,
"I'll paint you as well as I can
That wonderful thing, a Coquette.
"She wears a most beautiful face,"
("Of course!" said the pretty Lisette),
"And isn't deficient in grace,
Or else she were not a Coquette.
"And then she is daintily made"
(A smile from the dainty Lisette),
"By people expert in the trade
Of forming a proper Coquette.
"She's the winningest ways with the beaux,"
("Go on!"--said the winning Lisette),
"But there isn't a man of them knows
The mind of the fickle Coquette!
"She knows how to weep and to sigh,"
(A sigh from the tender Lisette),
"But her weeping is all in my eye,--
Not that of the cunning Coquette!
"In short, she's a creature of art,"
("Oh hush!" said the frowning Lisette),
"With merely the ghost of a heart,--
Enough for a thorough Coquette.
"And yet I could easily prove"
("Now don't!" said the angry Lisette),
"The lady is always in love,--
In love with herself,--the Coquette!
"There,--do not be angry!--you know,
My dear little cousin Lisette,
You told me a moment ago
To paint _you_--a thorough Coquette!"
A SPRING FEELING
BY BLISS CARMAN
I think it must be spring.
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