THIS missive, daintily ornate,
Directed as in copperplate,
Which three envelopes guard;
Surmounted with a little bow,
A snowy true-love knot, I know
Contains a wedding-card.
I know them well from days of yore,
And, grumbling, vote these things a bore;
Not in themselves unpleasant,
But as entailing gloves and hat,
And painfully suggesting that
Inevitable present.
Only last fall, - how keen the shock! -
When Chloe wed, I sent a clock,
As fine as I was able;
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