Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

Under the Wattle

"Why should not wattle do
 For mistletoe?"
Asked 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."