The Forgetful Forgetmenot.
The Professor.
Pray tell me, sweet Forget-me-not,
Oh, kindly tell me where you got
Your curious name?
I’m most desirous to be told
The legend or romance of old
From whence it came.
Oh, kindly tell me where you got
Your curious name?
I’m most desirous to be told
The legend or romance of old
From whence it came.
Forget-me-not.
Indeed, good sir, it seems to me,
If you have books on Botany
Upon your shelf,
You’d better far consult those books—
He learns a thing the best who looks
It up himself.
If you have books on Botany
Upon your shelf,
You’d better far consult those books—
He learns a thing the best who looks
It up himself.
The Professor.
I’ve works on Botany a few,
But though I’ve searched them through and through,
Never a word
Can I discover in the same
About your interesting name.
But though I’ve searched them through and through,
Never a word
Can I discover in the same
About your interesting name.
Forget-me-not.
Why, how absurd!
The Professor.
Quite so! And now what can I do?
I shall be most obliged if you
Will make it plain.
I shall be most obliged if you
Will make it plain.
Forget-me-not.
Another time. One moment more,
And you’ll be drenched!
It’s going to pour:
I felt just now no less than four
Big drops of rain.
And you’ll be drenched!
It’s going to pour:
I felt just now no less than four
Big drops of rain.
[Exit Professor.]
Forget-me-not.
(Aside) Indeed, I’d tell him if I knew;
But it would never, never do
If I explained
That, long ago, I quite forgot
Why I was called Forget-me-not
(It’s well it rained)!
But it would never, never do
If I explained
That, long ago, I quite forgot
Why I was called Forget-me-not
(It’s well it rained)!