7. ONE ALONE MET HER APPROVAL.

And many came to win her hand,

Using all the wiles of suitors,

With all the arts at their command-

One alone met her approval.

But of all the ardent suitors,

Seeking for her hand in marriage,

One alone met her approval,

Found his eager courtship welcome,

Found his visits were encouraged.

All the others were rejected,

All the offers that they made her,

All the flowers that they sent her,

All the letters that they wrote her,

All the poems that they brought her,

All the presents that they gave her,

All the riches that they spoke of,

Failed to win her smiling promise.