Life — December 3, 1896 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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PAT SERS A Nally THEY ARE SEVEN. 1 met a dainty summer girl, She waswot old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had no rustic woodland air, And she was smartly clad ; She wore upon her face so fair A look that made me sad. “Tell me what ails you, pretty maid, That you so wan may be?” “Alas! they're seven in all,” And looked dejectedly. “But what are ‘they’? I prithee tell.” She answered, ‘Seven there be; ‘Two bruises on my ankle dwell, And two upon my knee. “Two of them on my arm do lie (They came when with Fan’s br The seventh gave me this black ey You see how blue’s the other.” You go about, my winsome maid ; Your limbs they are yet whole!” she said, “Why do you ride the wheel, my dear, If this is the result?” She said: “I'd ride it without fear Though ‘twas a catapult! “No matter if they're seventy, Unto my wheel is given My heart forever more. Yet still Of headers I have had my fill, My bruises they are seven.” —Mary F. 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