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SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 50 by BLISS CARMAN

First Line: I WAS THE WEST WIND OVER THE GARDEN
Last Line: YOU WERE THE BLOSSOM THAT DREW ME DOWN.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; BEES;

I was the west wind over the garden,
Out of the twilit marge and deep;
You were the sultry languorous flower,
Famished and filled and laid to sleep.
I was the rover bee, and you --
With the hot red mouth where a soul might drown,
And the buoyant soul where a man might swim --
You were the blossom that drew me down.



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