RONDEAU.

AH, false and fair, like most of womankind!

I thought thee more; too late, alas, I find

Thee false as fair, - more false for being most fair.

While thou wast mine alone, no power could tear

Me from thy side, - round thee my life was twined.

Less constant thou, - "Love will not be confined;"

Thou tell'st me now, and, reason thus assigned,

Leave me to bear forlorn my load of care, -

Ah, false and fair!

Yet still within my love-bewildered mind

I make excuses, - say, "She's not unkind;

'T is not her nature. See, the lock of hair

She gave me late; sure, sunshine can't compare!"

And all the while I know thee light as wind, -

False, yet how fair!

J. K. M.SCENE: Union R. R. Horse-Car (party of Sophomores coming home from a "little supper"). No. 1. Don't make so much noise, Fred, you 'll give yourself away to those Freshmen opposite.

FRED. (Hic) I don't care, Freshie (hic)'s good's any other man; mere accident of birth.