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ROSABEL (OF ROSALIE) by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE

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First Line: LEAVES THAT WHISPER WHISPER EVER
Last Line: AND FOR HER, -- FOR HER.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; GAYS & LESBIANS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; HOMOEROTICISM; LESBIANS; GAY WOMEN; GAY MEN; FEMINISM;
I

Leaves that whisper whisper ever,
Listen, listen, pray;
Birds, that twitter, twitter softly,
Do not say me nay;
Winds, that breathe about, upon her,
(Since I do not dare)
Whisper, twitter, breathe unto her
That I find her fair.

II

Rose whose soul unfolds white petaled
Touch her soul rose-white;
Rose whose thoughts unfold gold petaled
Blossom in her sight;
Rose whose heart unfolds red petaled
Quick her slow heart's stir;
Tell her white, gold, red my love is;
And for her, -- for her.




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