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TUSCAN CYPRESS: RISPETTO 14 by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON

First Line: FLOWER OF THE CYPRESS, LITTLE BITTER BLOOM
Last Line: TIGHT ROUND MY BREAST TO KILL THE HEART BENEATH.
Subject(s): CYPRESS TREES; LOVE - COMPLAINTS; TUSCANY, ITALY;

Flower of the Cypress, little bitter bloom,
You are the only blossom left to gather;
I never prized you, grown amid the gloom,
But well you last, though all the others wither.

Flower of the Cypress, I will bind a crown
Tight round my brows to still these fancies down.
Flower of the Cypress, I will tie a wreath
Tight round my breast to kill the heart beneath.



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