'FLOWERS nodding gaily, scent in air, | |
Flowers posied, flowers for the hair, | |
Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare' | |
'O pick me some!' | |
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'Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, | 5 |
Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come, | |
Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb' | |
'O let me hear.' | |
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'Eyes so black they draw one trembling near, | |
Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear, | 10 |
Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear' | |
'O look at me!' | |
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'Kisses sadly blown across the sea, | |
Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free, | |
Bob-a-cherry kisses 'neath a tree' | 15 |
'O give me one!' | |
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Thus sand a king and queen in Babylon. | |