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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - What Is Flirtation?
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What is flirtation? Really,
How can I tell you that?
But when she smiles I see its wiles,
And when he lifts his hat.


`Tis walking in the moonlight,
`Tis buttoning on a glove,
`Tis lips that speak of plays next week,
While eyes are talking love.


Tis meeting in the ball-room,
`Tis whirling in the dance;
`Tis something hid beneath the lid,
More than a simple glance.


`Tis lingering in the hallway,
`Tis sitting on the stair,
`Tis bearded lips on finger-tips,
If mamma isn`t there.


`Tis tucking in the carriage,
`Tis asking for a call;
`Tis long good-nights in tender lights,
And that is—no, not all!


`Tis parting when it`s over,
And one goes home to sleep;
Best joys must end, tra la, my friend,
But one goes home to weep!
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