| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 953. Clover |
| | | By John Banister Tabb |
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| LITTLE masters, hat in hand | |
| Let me in your presence stand, | |
| Till your silence solve for me | |
| This your threefold mystery. | |
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| Tell me—for I long to know— | 5 |
| How, in darkness there below, | |
| Was your fairy fabric spun, | |
| Spread and fashioned, three in one | |
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| Did your gossips gold and blue, | |
| Sky and Sunshine, choose for you, | 10 |
| Ere your triple forms were seen, | |
| Suited liveries of green? | |
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| Can ye,—if ye dwelt indeed | |
| Captives of a prison seed,— | |
| Like the Genie, once again | 15 |
| Get you back into the grain? | |
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| Little masters, may I stand | |
| In your presence, hat in hand, | |
| Waiting till you solve for me | |
| This your threefold mystery? | 20 |
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