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SHOES AND STOCKINGS OFF by THOMAS STURGE MOORE

First Line: BARE FEET, BARE FEET
Last Line: AND YOU SHALL STILL FARE SWEET.
Subject(s): FEET;

BARE feet, bare feet,
Lovers of the dew;
Pleased by the wet moss greatly,
Pleased by the shell-strewn shore,
Pleased by the lawn grass too
Yet
More by a golden floor.

Bare feet, bare feet,
Every day bless you!
Walk near the fountains stately,
Walk in the pebbled stream,
Walk 'neath the calm waves blue
And
Dream there a mermaid's dream.

Oh, fare sweet, my bare feet
Like lovers two and two!
Lead me for ever where there
Of shoes is known no need:
For I have ne'er met care there
Where I with you might speed;
Lead me because I love you,
Love you, my sweet bare feet,
Then still I'll sing above you
And you shall still fare sweet.



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