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SAINTE MARGERIE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: SLIM FEET THAN LILIES TENDERER
Last Line: C'EST CA SAINTE MARGERIE
Subject(s): LOVE;SAINTS;SOUL;
SLIM feet than lilies tenderer, --
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That scarce upbore the body of her,
Naked upon the stones they were; --
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White as a shroud the silken gown, --
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That flowed from shoulder to ankle down,
With clear blue shadows along it thrown;
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On back and bosom withouten braid, --
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In crisped glory of darkling red,
Round creamy temples her hair was shed; --
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Eyes, like a dim sea, viewed from far, --
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Lips that no earthly love shall mar,
More sweet that lips of mortals are; --
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The chamber walls are cracked and bare; --
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Without the gossips stood astare
At men her bed away that bare; --
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Five pennies lay her hand within, --
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So she her fair soul's weal might win,
Little she reck'd of dule or teen; --
@3C'est ca Sainte Margerie!@1

Dank straw from dunghill gathered, --
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Where fragrant swine have made their bed,
Thereon her body shall be laid; --
@3C'est ca Sainte Margerie!@1

Three pennies to the poor in dole, --
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One to the clerk her knell shall toll,
And one to masses for her soul; --
@3C'est ca Sainte Margerie!@1



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