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THE QUILTING by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: DOLLY SITS A-QUILTING BY HER MOTHER, STITCH BY STITCH
Last Line: LOVE WILL DO THE STITCHING IF SHE'LL ONLY BE MY MATCH.
Subject(s): QUILTS;
DOLLY sits a-quilting by her mother, stich by stitch,
Gracious, how my pulses throb, how my fingers itch,
While I note her dainty waist and her slender hand,
As she matches this and that, she stitches strand by strand.
And I long to tell her Life's a quilt and I'm a patch;
Love will do the stitching if she'll only be my match.



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