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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 38 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: TWIST ME A CROWN OF WINDFLOWERS
Last Line: AND TO-NIGHT THEY DIE.

TWIST me a crown of wind-flowers;
That I may fly away
To hear the singers at their song,
And players at their play.

Put on your crown of wind-flowers:
But whither would you go?
Beyond the surging of the sea
And the storms that blow.

Alas! your crown of wind-flowers
Can never make you fly:
I twist them in a crown to-day,
And to-night they die.



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