Under the Wattle

By Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

Born 2/5/1856

"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."

DayPoems Poem No. 896
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