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First Line: Oh, tell me not of any mirth
Last Line: Along the orchard wall.
Subject(s): Homesickness


OH, tell me not of any mirth;
I know them all by heart --
Fond laughter wavering by the hearth,
Shrill songs of field and cart.
Oh, tell me not of any grief,
For I do know them all --
Slim, empty chambers, wane of leaf,
And tears, tears that befall.
Oh, tell me not of beauty's glass,
I know it through and through;
Old loves, each flower within the grass,
Is fashioned like to you.
Jest, weeping, daring beauty, too,
Starlight and jocund dawn;
I learned them everyone from you,
That now are lost and gone.
Old loves, old house worn dear and thin,
One thing is left of all; --
I hear the little rains begin
Along the orchard wall.





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