Bib Ballads

<h3><br/><SPAN name="HIS_LADY_FRIEND" id="HIS_LADY_FRIEND"></SPAN>HIS LADY FRIEND</h3> <div class="cpoem"> <p><br/><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Who is Sylvia? What is she</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">That early every morning</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">You desert your family</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">And rush to see her, scorning</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Your once cherished ma and me?</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Are her playthings such a treat?</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">I will steal 'em from her;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Better that than not to meet</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">My son and heir all summer,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Save when he comes home to eat.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Or is she herself the one</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">And only real attraction?</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Has your little heart begun</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">To get that sort of action?</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Better wait a few years, son.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/048.jpg" width-obs="476" height-obs="600" alt="" title="decoration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />