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ITALIAN QUATRAIN: SABBATH MORNING by LEONORA SPEYER

First Line: BEYOND MY ROOM'S ROSE-COVERED CONVENT WALL
Last Line: I'LL SWEAR THAT SATYR'S STONE MOUTH GRINNED AT ME!
Subject(s): ITALY; SABBATH; ITALIANS; SUNDAY;

Beyond my room's rose-covered convent wall
I hear the priests chanting; lusty pagans bawl
Their Latin words . . @3What stirred the ilex-tree?
I'll swear that satyr's stone mouth grinned at me!@1



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