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WILD ROSE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM

First Line: SOME INNOCENT GIRLISH KISSES BY A CHARM

Some innocent girlish Kisses by a charm
Changed to a flight of small pink Butterflies,
To waver under June's delicious skies
Across gold-sprinkled meads-the merry swarm
A smiling powerful word did next transform
To little Roses mesh 'd in green, allies
Of earth and air, and everything we prize
For mirthful, gentle, delicate, and warm.




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