So, like a mocking-bird, up in the trees,
I watching wondering where you have grown,
Borrow a note from a birdfellow's glees,
Fittest to sing you, and make it my own.
Only I know as I wonder, Karlene,
Singing up here where you think me a star,
Heaven's still above me, and some one serene
Laughs in the blue sky and knows what you are.
KARLENE.
Good-morning, Karlene. It's a very
Fine beautiful world we are in.
Well, you _do_ look as ripe as a berry;
And, pardon me, such a real chin!
And may I--Ah, thank you; the pleasure
Is mine; just one kiss by your ear!--
May I introduce myself as your
Most dutiful godfather, dear?
I have fumed, like champagne that is fizzy,
To pay my respects at your door.
But the publishers keep one _so_ busy.
Forgive my not calling before!
Karlene, you're a very small lady
To venture so far all alone;
Especially into so shady
A place as this planet has grown.
When _I_ now, my dear, was at _your_ age,
When nobody tried to be rich,
But lived on high thinking and porridge
(And didn't know t' other from which!),
For a girl to go out unattended
Was considered "not only unwise
And improper--" Our grandmothers ended
By lifting to heaven their eyes.
And yet even now, though it's shocking
To slander these wonderful years,
I dare say an inch of black stocking
Could set all the world by the ears.
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