When Venus said 'Spell no for me,'  
 'N-O' Dan Cupid wrote with glee,  
 And smiled at his success:  
 'Ah, child,' said Venus, laughing low,  
 'We women do not spell it so,  
 We spell it Y-E-S.'
The Carolyn Wells Year Book of Old Favorites and New Fancies for 1909 (1908)























