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Would they have been? Billy thought it improbable. WOULD THEY HAD BEEN BILLY THOUGHT IT IMPROBABLE
eyes that he had likened to chrysoberyls--and he wondered whimsically what had become of her. This was not she. This was assuredly not Kathleen, for this woman had a large mouth--a humorous and kindly mouth it was true, but undeniably a large one--whereas, Kathleen's mouth had been quite perfect and rather diminutive than otherwise. Hadn't he rhymed of it often enough to know? They stood gazing at one another for a long time; and in the back of Billy's brain lines of his old verses sang themselves to a sad little tune--the verses that reproved the idiocy of all other poets, who had very foolishly written their sonnets to other women: and yet, as the jingle pointed out, Had these poets ever strayed In thy path, they had not made Random rhymes of Arabella, Songs of Dolly, hymns of Stella, Lays of Lalage or Chloris-- Not of Daphne nor of Doris, Florimel nor Amaryllis, Nor of Phyllida nor Phyllis, Were their wanton melodies: But all of these-- All their melodies had been Of thee, Kathleen. RINKLY BLACK BROWN HAIR AND EYES THAT HE HAD LIKENED TO CRIS BERRELS AND HE WONDERED WHIMSICALLY WHAT HAD BECOME OF HER THIS WAS NOT SHE THIS WAS ASSUREDLY NOT KATHLEEN FOR THIS WOMAN HAD A LARGE MOUTH A HUMOROUS AND KINDLY MOUTH IT WAS TRUE BUT UNDENIABLY A LARGE ONE WHEREAS KATHLEEN'S MOUTH HAD BEEN QUITE PERFECT AND RATHER DIMINUTIVE THAN OTHERWISE HADN'T HE RHYMED OF IT OFTEN ENOUGH TO KNOW THEY STOOD GAZING AT ONE ANOTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND IN THE BACK OF BILLY'S BRAIN LINES OF HIS OLD VERSES SANG THEMSELVES TO A SAD LITTLE TUNE THE VERSES THAT REPROVED THE IDIOCY OF ALL OTHER POETS WHO HAD VERY FOOLISHLY WRITTEN THEIR SONNETS TO OTHER WOMEN AND YET AS THE JINGLE POINTED OUT HAD THESE POETS EVER STRAYED IN THY PATH THEY HAD NOT MADE RANDOM RHYMES OF ARABELLA SONGS OF DOLLY HYMNS OF STELLA LADES OF LEELAGE OR CLORUS NOT OF DAPHNE NOR OF DORIS FLORIMMELL NOR AMARYLLIS NOR OF PHILIDA NOR PHYLLIS WERE THEIR WANTON MELODIES BUT ALL OF THESE ALL THEIR MELODIES HAD BEEN OF THEE KATHLEEN
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