MY 
 
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 LOVELY 
 
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 JHNE 
 
 -^1- K SUTVYTVJ^ER IDVL-i^ 
 
 BY J. E. RAISBECK 
 
 Jul 30 388 ^ / 
 
 CINCINNATI - -^ '^. ./ • 
 
 Raisbeck & Co., Printers and Publishers 
 
 No. 19 West Sixth Street 
 1888 
 

 Copyright, 1888, by John E. Raisbeck. 
 
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MY LOVELY JANE. 
 
 [hHOULD the reader care to learn 
 fj Why at present I sojourn 
 On a mountain near the sky, 
 I will frankly tell him why. 
 
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" My Lovely Jane." 
 —4— 
 
Mrs. Evergreen, my wife, 
 Long engaged with me in strife 
 
 Strife that caused us pain and tears 
 For a dozen weary years. 
 
 
 Bitter, caustic words at first 
 Made our married life accursed; 
 Then in courage as we grew, 
 Books and other things we threw. 
 
 —5— 
 
" Long engaged with me in strife." 
 
Harder missiles next we tried — 
 Some of iron, some of hide. 
 Nothing seemed to cure our woes; 
 Finally we came to blows. 
 
 
 Then my doctor said to me: 
 ''If consumption you would flee- 
 
 If grim Death you would beware- 
 You must seek a change of air. 
 
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" Books and other thiutrs we threw. 
 
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 ^'Go, and leave your wife at home; 
 O'er the hills and valleys roam; 
 Sing and dance as shepherds do; 
 Flirt with shepherdesses, too," 
 
 
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 ''But, good Dr. Leech," I said, 
 Rubbing thoughtfully my head, 
 ^'Dare I go alone?" His eye 
 Twinkled, then he made reply: 
 
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 Finally we came to blow: 
 
^'What avails a change of air 
 If the poison greets you there, 
 That originally drew 
 All the life-blood out of you?" 
 
 
 Long I pondered on the speech 
 Uttered by good Dr. Leech. 
 Suddenly I said, 'Til go!" 
 And I went and told Jane so. 
 
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 " Never ! There, take that, vou drone ! " 
 
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"Wretched, miserable flea!" 
 Shrieked the better half of me. 
 ''Villain! Clown! What — go alone! 
 Never! There, take that, you drone!" 
 
 
 And I barely dodged a knife 
 Hurled by my indignant wife; 
 While about my head there came 
 Other things I will not name. 
 
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 Getting drunk on mountain air." 
 — 14— 
 
"Never shall you — yes, yes — go! 
 Leave me! What care I to knov^ 
 Where your selfish bones may lie; 
 Where you live, or where you die! 
 
 
 "Villain!" once again she said. 
 While I meekly bowed my head 
 Sooner than engage in war — 
 "Villain doubly-dyed you are!" 
 
 —15— 
 
" Happy that no wife is nigh." 
 — 16— 
 
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 Words like these are apt to breed 
 Anything but love, indeed. 
 So I sought an early train, 
 Glad to be — unwed again. 
 
 
 Like a school-boy now I feel, 
 Full of joy I can't conceal; 
 Running, jumping everywhere; 
 Getting drunk on mountain air. 
 
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P'^'^Sr"^' 
 
 " Let nie here in rapture sta}-." 
 
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Is it wonder, then, to you 
 That I'm doing what I do — 
 Kissing, flirting near the sky, 
 Happy tliat no wife is nigh? 
 
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 O ye gods! if gifts ye give, 
 All I ask is: Let me live- 
 
 Let me here in rapture stay, 
 Ever dreaming life away. 
 
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