An Anthology of Australian Verse/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."