“In True Lover
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“You wicked child! I’ll throw you out
To make the wolf a meal!”
A nursemaid threatened with a shout
Of angry bluffing zeal.
A wolf who passed below the sil
Heard her with watering tongue.
“Ah, soon,” he thought, I’ll have my fill
Of the tender and the young!”
All day he waited in the cold,
A starved though hopeful beast.
But not a glimpse did he behold
Of the expected feast.
At last, with tail that dragged the dust,
He slunk into his den.
“Liar!” He muttered in disgust.
“I’ll not be fooled again!
Henceforward I will never trust
The promises of men!”
