Tea-Table Talk

Who would be a chaperone?He would fling himself on his knees before her, never noticing the dogI left them at itHe went with her and made himself ridiculous at the dressmaker''sWhy should we seek to explain away all the beautiful things of life?Are we so sure that art does elevate?The artist knew precisely the sort of girl that ought to be thereA man''s work ''tis till set of sun, but a woman''s w...