Classic Poem

( A VERY LITTLE BODY .)

I F you had a little lover,
Little Kitten, —
A very little lover,
But dreadfully smitten, —
What would you say,
And what would you do,
If this little lover
Were littler than you?

To love one below you
Never is right;
How could you look up to
A man of less height?
And then a short-coming
Always is wrong.
If you loved him so little,
Could you love him long?

A lover should reach —
The reason, you see —
Just up to your heart
When he's on his knee.
If he stood but that high,
I wonder, Miss Kitten,
Would you give sigh for sigh,
Or give him the mitten?