Why should not wattle do
For mistletoe?
Asked one — they were but two —
Where wattles grow.
He was her lover, too,
Who urged her so —
“Why should not wattle do
For mistletoe?”
A rose-cheek rosier grew;
Rose-lips breathed low;
“Since it is here, and YOU,
I hardly know
Why wattle should not do.”
(Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen)
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