| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | A Duet | | By T. Sturge Moore (1870–1944) |
| | | ‘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 sang a king and queen in Babylon. | | | | |
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