| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1371. On Some Buttercups |
| | | By Frank Dempster Sherman |
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| A LITTLE way below her chin, | |
| Caught in her bosom’s snowy hem, | |
| Some buttercups are fastened in,— | |
| Ah, how I envy them! | |
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| They do not miss their meadow place, | 5 |
| Nor are they conscious that their skies | |
| Are not the heavens, but her face, | |
| Her hair, and mild blue eyes. | |
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| There, in the downy meshes pinned, | |
| Such sweet illusions haunt their rest; | 10 |
| They think her breath the fragrant wind, | |
| And tremble on her breast; | |
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| As if, close to her heart, they heard | |
| A captive secret slip its cell, | |
| And with desire were sudden stirred | 15 |
| To find a voice and tell! | |
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