The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
College HumorCross-Purposes
F. T. Cooper, in “The Harvard Lampoon”
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Of faint moonbeams on the river,
By the gate.
We have heard something calling,
And a heavy dew is falling,
Yet we wait.
To stay out in all this chilly
Evening mist;
Still I linger, hesitating,
For her lips are plainly waiting
To be kissed.
Of the coveted concession
On the spot;
But she draws back with discreetness,
Saying, with tormenting sweetness,
“I guess not.”
“Oh, well, I was only joking,”
I reply.
She looks penitently pretty,
As she answers, “What a pity!
So was I.”