Nature
Under the Wattle
Nature
"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."
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MLA
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton. “Under the Wattle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sladen/0/.
Chicago
Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton. “Under the Wattle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sladen/0/.
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