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I saw how all the trembling ages past, Moulded to her by deep and deeper breath, Near'd to the hour when Beauty breathes her last And knows herself in death.

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I "CLOWERS nodding gaily, scent in air, ^ Flowers posied, flowers for the hair,

Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare '

4 O pick me some ! '

1 Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come,

Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb '

1 O let me hear/

' Eyes so black they draw one trembling near, Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear,

Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear *

  • O look at me!'
  • Kisses sadly blown across the sea,

Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free, Bob-a-cherry kisses 'neath a tree '

' O give me one ! '

��Thus sang a king and queen in Babylon.

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