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EOLUS by LILIAN ARNOLD

First Line: AH, SWEET TREMBLING VIOLET
Last Line: THE WIND IS A FAITHLESS LOVER.
Subject(s): DISTRUST; LOVE - COMPLAINTS;

Ah, sweet trembling violet,
The wind caught you in his embrace,
Whirled you to ecstasy, and set
You down, shaken, in a lonely place.

As you lay spent and in a daze,
He swept a pale rose into his fold,
And recklessly spiralled in a maze:
The rose bowed proudly and lost her hold.

Alas! She fell crushed to the earth;
The wind soared away and over,
Hid in a cloud, chuckling with mirth.
The wind is a faithless lover.



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