"Why should not Wattle do
For Mistletoe?
Ask'd one--they were but two--
Where wattles grow.
He was her lover, too,
Who urged her so--
"Why should not Wattle do
For Mistletoe?"
A rose-cheek rosier grew;
Rose-lips breathed low--
"Since it is here--and You--
I hardly know
Why Wattle should not do."
--_Douglas Brook Wheelton Sladen_