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TUSCAN OLIVES: RISPETTO 6 by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON

First Line: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE SHOULD STAND AGAIN TOGETHER
Last Line: HERE, WHERE WE KNOW WE SHALL LOVE FOR AYE AND EVER.
Subject(s): LOVE; OLIVE TREES AND OLIVES;

Who would have thought we should stand again together,
Here, with the convent a frown of towers above us;
Here, mid the sere-wooded hills and wintry weather;
Here, where the olives bend down and seem to love us;

Here, where the fruit-laden olives half remember
All that began in their shadow last November;
Here, where we knew we must part, must part and sever;
Here, where we know we shall love for aye and ever.



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