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SUMMER-SWEET by KATHARINE TYNAN

First Line: HONEY-SWEET, SWEET AS HONEY SMELL THE LILLIES

HONEY-SWEET, sweet as honey smell the lilies ,
Little lilies of the gold in a ring;
Little censers of pale gold are the lilies,
That the wind, sweet and sunny, sets a-swing.


Smell the rose, sweet of sweets, all a-blowing!
Hear the cuckoo call in dreams, low and sweet!
Like a very John-a-dreams coming, going.
There's honey in the grass at our feet.


There's honey in the leaf and the blossom,
And honey in the night and the day,
And honey-sweet the heart in Love's bosom,
And honey-sweet the words Love will say.




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