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FRUIT AND FLOWER PAINTER by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: SHE DENS IN A GARRET
Last Line: PAINT FLOWERS AND FRUIT!

She dens in a garret
As void as a drum;
In lieu of plum-pudding --
She paints the plum!

No use in my grieving,
The shops I must suit:
Broken hearts are but potsherds --
Paint flowers and fruit!

How whistles her garret,
A seine for the snows:
She hums Si fortuna,
And -- paints the rose!

December is howling,
But feign it a flute:
Help on the deceiving --
Paint flowers and fruit!



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