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Rh In a tub float stemless apples, to be seized by the teeth of him desirous of having his love returned. If he is successful in bringing up the apple, his love-affair will end happily.

"The rosy apple's bobbing Upon the mimic sea— 'T is tricksy and elusive, And glides away from me.

"One moment it is dreaming Beneath the candle's glare, Then over wave and eddy It glances here and there.

"And when at last I capture The prize with joy aglow, I sigh, may I this sunshine Of golden rapture know