Going After The Cows

1 ïunltl.e K(.-w EugllUrf Farmer. 1 hay are waitlng there, by tho pasture bars- Dapple, and Dolly, and Dun, öo I slip tlie brs in tho well-worn posts, Aml drop (hem, ono by one : But I do not tro as I always go, To soc the milkiug done. I lean myrlwek on the postura tura Aiwi w;iU"h tbestoit come out. Verhnps theyAvill mina me up ni. (he house, And wonder wftat I am about ; But Bomtftbfasg to think of, herö to-uiglrt, While I wutch the stars come out. Lost nïght, when I carne for the beauticij, Willie waja walking with m And lic asknd me, if I tlmught ever A fiirúier's wilc I cotiltl hv ; T am i oity girl, you kuow And a t'annerVson 9 he. TVillip vc.irs hemespün trousir-i, And auch a coarso straw hat ! But the face that looks fitm under the rim Is himdaome and brave for nll that; And In- eyt.'s, they look at me so q,ueer That my heart goes pit-a-pat. Bver' ritrlit, when the vork is done, Afe sit in tho twilk-lit RMy- "Willie aiid Í, in tho ivieu parch, Aml dng tht' lioara away ; I think it's better thun opera, Or theatre, any day. Ile said, last oagfat, thnt the summer Ts brlyhter, ln-oause I am hei-e ; Tlwt hi work va never st eosy Ar it 11 whon 1 ma near - And he said - but there, I won't teil, Sucli words are too snered nnd dcar. How pure is the breath tf tlio dover, That-coimw fmm tïw mendowti mown ! Ilow hfly Uvsfar ;lt,' mr, ' With the twinklinirliffhts fiill sown ! Ko wonder that AVillie is better Than men who live in towu ! Sol tlhnk r ivill stay in tlïe country, With Oolly, and Dapplo. aiiit T)an ; Perhaps m tlic for, sweet suiamers They wouïd know, should I fuil to come, In tlie dewy eves, to the pusture-bars, Todrop them, one by oue.