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GOLD SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gold of butterflies, gold of bees
Last Line: Moirin, moirin!'


'GOLD of butterflies, gold of bees,
Gold of ragweeds and golden seas;
Gold on gorses for kissing's sake,
Which of these will you touch and take,
Moirin, Moirin?'

Golden butterfly's not for me,
I'll ha' none o' the golden bee:
My heart of gold shall not beat or break,
Though I love the gorses for kissing's sake,
Mother, Mother!

'Then rest you merry, through heat and cold,
Sweet lips of cherry, sweet heart of gold;
Yet Gold-Heart surely shall come some day
To cry for grey wings to fly away,
Moirin, Moirin!'





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