And where the shining waters dance Across the wild Atlantic deeps, He takes a sudden, pleasing glance; And when the twilight cometh grey On other shores, with coaxing glow, He winks his eye before he sleeps, Upon that charming land I know, That's jewel'd in the pearly spray. There, lore of bravest deeds enshrine Great phantoms of historic days; There, myrtle wreaths of memory twine O'er many storied graves; There, many marble brows are bound By sculpture of the poet's bays, The while their souls are still in sound From harp strings to the waves. With glorious wealth of hair in curls, And beauty, real elating, boys, It's there you'll find most darling girls In plentiful diffusion. And Cupid, with his bow and darts, His murders perpetrating, boys, Don't care at all what crowds of hearts He slays by love's delusion. [Illustration: HOW THEY ENLIST] TWO guardsmen, and a Dublin boy Were drinking in a bar The Dublin boy was standing treat, Unto the men of War, And thus to one, he speaketh so-- The taller of the two-- "I wonder how men come to go And list, now how did you? The soldier grinned a stately grin, In military style, He meant it for the Dublin boy As patronising smile! "It kind of sort like worries me,-- This was the cause of that, I always liked to feed on lean, I couldn't bolt the fat! "One day, it was at dinner, see, A big disgustin' lump Of fat, was dumped upon my plate, I got the bloomin' hump! I merely took the thing upon My fork, and with a sigh, I let my father have the fat Whop in his bloomin' eye! "A sign of partnership dissolved Between my boss, and me, I took the shillin', and became A guardsman, as you see, But there! my appetite has been Most tricky like, and mean, Now I can eat a pound of fat, And I detest the lean!" [Illustration] [Illustration: THE KINDERGARTEN WAY.]