Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 07

<h2>TRIOLETS</h2> <h3>BY C.W.M.</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">She threw me a kiss,<br/></span> <span class="i2">But why did she throw it?<br/></span> <span class="i0">What grieves me is this&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">She threw me a kiss;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ah, what chances we miss<br/></span> <span class="i2">If we only could know it!<br/></span> <span class="i0">She threw me a kiss<br/></span> <span class="i2">But why did she throw it!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Any girl might have known<br/></span> <span class="i2">When I stood there so near!<br/></span> <span class="i0">And we two all alone<br/></span> <span class="i0">Any girl might have known<br/></span> <span class="i0">That she needn't have thrown!<br/></span> <span class="i2">But then girls are so queer!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Any girl might have known,<br/></span> <span class="i2">When I stood there so near!<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1263" id="Page_1263"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />