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BRUGES, by                    
First Line: O bruges, upon the waters
Last Line: And all thy bridges songs.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


O BRUGES, upon the waters,
How fair thy turrets throng!
And all thy roofs are pictures,
And every bridge a song.

And softly glide thy barges
By poplar-bordered quays,
And sweetly from thy belfry
Float poems on the breeze.

Thy gentle sons could pencil
Old legends of the Rhine,
St. Ursule and her maidens,
Scenes quaint and scenes divine;

And happy hands still fashion
Things beautiful and rare,
And time with thee, is music,
And art with thee, is prayer.

O Bruges, upon the waters,
All grace to thee belongs,
And all thy roofs are pictures,
And all thy bridges songs.





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